Mashonaland Central had nine teams covering the eight districts in the province. The Select Committee members were deployed in the various provinces to supervise the process. The table below is instructive in this regard: PROVINCE Bulawayo Harare Manicaland Mashonaland Central Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo Matabeleland North Matabeleland South Midlands 2.2. NUMBER 1OF TEAMS 1 10 9 9 7 10 7 6 10 DISTRICTS 5 7 7 8 9 6 7 7 7 8 SELECT COMMITTEE Hon. M. Khumalo/Hon. B. Gaule Hon. J. Majome/Hon. F. Buka, Hon. C. Makuyana/Hon. M. Hon. G. Chimanikire/Hon. E. Mutsvangwa Hon. O. Muchena/Hon. I. Kay Chindori-Chininga Hon. W. Chidakwa/Hon. E. Hon. F. Charumbira/Hon. R. Matamisa Hon. T. Mathuthu/Hon. B. Muchihwa Hon. T. Mohadi/Hon. G. Tshuma Hon. J. Gumbo/Hon. A. Chibaya Gombami-Dube Outreach Launch In order to send a very clear message on the importance of the exercise, the outreach programme was launched by the Principals to the Global Political Agreement on the18th of June 2010. His Excellency the President CDE Robert Gabriel Mugabe implored on Zimbabweans to exercise tolerance and go about the programme in a peaceful manner. The Right Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Morgan Richard Tsvangirayi weighed in and also called on Zimbabweans to respect each other’s views during the outreach meetings. The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Arthur Mutambara also called on Zimbabweans to seize the opportunity available to prepare a document for posterity for the future generations. The running theme in the speeches of the Principals was on ensuring that outreach meetings would be peaceful. 2.3. Commencement of Outreach The nationwide outreach programme commenced on 21 June 2010 in all the provinces in the country. In Matabeleland South province, the outreach started later in the day due to logistical challenges, and these challenges were to become a main feature in almost all provinces during the outreach. A total of 1,318 delegates were deployed in all the provinces in the categories as indicated earlier on. 2.4. Methodology of the work of the Outreach Teams Before embarking on outreach in each province, the Team Leaders would deploy their various teams to cover certain meetings in a particular district. All the teams in a province would cover the same district at a time, until the numbers of meetings in that district were completed. The teams would take an average of 14 days to cover one district. 31 The Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) Report to Parliament, February 2013