5. Taking Transitional Justice to the People Programme To fulfill its stated objectives the Forum conducted outreach meetings in the four provinces of Masvingo, Matabeleland South, Bulawayo and Matabeland North. The Forum met with people from the following constituencies: Masvingo Central, Bikita East, Bikita South, Gutu Central, Chiredzi West, Gwanda Central, Nkulumane, Bulawayo East, Zaka East, Zaka Central, Matobo North, Tsholotsho North and in Chivi South. Collectively, 442 participants attended the workshops and contributed to the lively discussions. The Taking Transitional Justice to the People Program premised its discussions on truth seeking, prosecutions, reparations and institutional reforms. Although these concepts are techno-legal in nature when explained properly, even ordinary people could participate effortlessly and intelligently. In these meetings, the Forum introduced transitional justice concepts such as Truth seeking/Truth Commissions; Reparations; Prosecutions and Institutional Reforms. Other concepts of transitional justice were discussed along the four major ones stated above. The following is a brief outline of what transpired at the meetings and the report of what the people in these meetings conveyed to the Forum in terms of transitional justice in Zimbabwe. 38 A Neier, 'What Should Be Done About the Guilty?', (1990) 37 New York Review Books at 32. 20

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