The meeting resolved to fully participate in the parliament select committee led constitution making process despite them condemning the process. Representatives from the church also supported the resolutiontaken at the meeting. Another resolution from the meeting was that Bulawayo and Matabeleland should develop a position paper containing the minimum content that the region will lobby for inclusion in the new constitution. The region agreed to lobby other regions to support the inclusion of devolution of power to provinces. They also agreed to advocate for Proportional representation at national level and first past the post electoral process at provincial level. Organisationspresent also agreed to carry out massive education to prepare communities for the constitutional commissioners. A coordinating team led by Bulawayo Agenda was also formed to lead the constitution making process in the region.
Umguza: Some schools in the region continue to charge the previousterm's exorbitant fees arguing that they have not yet received official communication to reduce them. Despite a much held belief that theteachers have called off their strike, many schools in Umguza districtare operating with skeleton staff. In many schools in the district children spend most of their time basking in the sun. Schools such asSawmills, Deli, and St Peters Primary schools as well as Nyamandlovu and Nhlambabaloyi Secondary Scools are hard hit by the non-return ofteachers for duty this term. The situation could be similar in most schools hitting hard on the education sector for the second consecutive year for Zimbabwean schools.