Mmegi, Botswana Political economist Jack Parson described the strategies and hopes for rural development of the late 1960's and 70's based on the mineral-led economic boom and argued that trickle down benefits have merely served to widen previous gross disparities in income, rather than narrow them. In his supplementary chapter to the book 'The 1984 Botswana General Elections', Parson argues that there is evidence of significant political disenchantment in rural areas due to "deepening and widening rural poverty, a general lack of employment opportunity and the decline of the agricultural sector." October 1990 Fence Sittin' was published weekly by Mmegi newspaper in Botswana from June 1990 to June 1992. Mmegi is run by an independent trust and is the most respected newspaper in Botswana. It is rightly regarded as the campaigning conscience of the media. Fence Sittin' covered national and international political and social issues including the minimum wage, the poor state of the health service, government corruption, excessive military spending, government bias and censorship in the media, aids, apartheid etc. Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm won the 1990 Botswana Press Trust Cartoon Award. Keywords: autografix, luke warm, titus mbuya, cartoon, mmegi, fence sittin', botswana, africa, politics, social issues, corruption, inequality, disparity, rich, poor, jack parson, the 1984 botswana general election, poverty, unemployment