ActionAid International Southern Africa Partnership Programme (SAPP-Zimbabwe) Furniture making, carpentry, the GoZ is constructing stalls at this site. back yard garages, electrical caving, and plumbing services were among livelihoods grouped in the skilled trade and artisan category. Thirteen percent (13%) (See Figure 6 and Appendix 6.14) of sampled households mentioned a skilled trade as the primary source of income. Harare (12%), Bulawayo (10%), Mutare (19%), Kariba (15%) and Victoria Falls (14%) all recorded reasonably high proportions of households engaged in skilled trade. However, Beitbridge only recorded 5%. Substantially, more male headed households compared to female headed households cited this as a primary source of income (18% vs. 7%). Households hosting orphans, chronically ill and mentally ill individuals had similar proportions as those cited above. However, elderly- and child headed households had less than 2% that engaged in skilled trade. 3.3.2.6 Offering accommodation (rental income) Offering accommodation was cited as the most popular primary source of income by the sample accounting for 15% Box 4: Old suburbs (see Figure 6). Further disaggregating data by area Harare – Mbare Mbare is the oldest suburb in Harare. It is home to revealed the following; Harare Bulawayo (10%), over 100,000 families. The majority of home owners (18%), in this suburb are retirees. The majority of Mbare Mutare (11%), Kariba (16%), dwellers had invested their pensions by extending Beitbridge (18%) and Victoria their homes. These acted as an important source of Falls (12%). Women and male income. This however, is no longer the case as these headed households had similar extensions were destroyed. This has resulted in many results with 16% and 14%. elderly headed households claiming that they have Strikingly though was that almost a third (33%) of elderly become susceptible to hunger. headed households mentioned offering accommodation as a primary source of income. Furthermore, 17% child headed households claimed to be subletting property for income. Other vulnerable groups had similar results to the overall results. The bulk of these respondents were from Harare – Mbare, Kambuzuma and Highfield, Bulawayo – Barbourfields, Mzilikazi, Makokoba and Mutare – Sakubva15. 3.3.2.7 Petty trade Overall, 6% of households were engaged in petty trade prior to Operation Murambatsvina (refer to Appendix 6.14). All sampled had some proportion who were engaged in petty trade prior Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Kariba, Beitbridge and Victoria Falls, with 5%, 12%, 8%, 9% and 4% respectively. No differences were noted for gender of household head, households hosting orphans, chronically ill and mentally ill, elderly headed households. However, child headed households had 23% engaged in petty trade. 3.3.3 Formal Approximately 20% of surveyed households cited formal employment as their primary source of income. A majority of individuals engaged in formal employment are civil servants and industrial workers. These would be in the health, education, military, police and other government ministries. When you compare unemployment rates against the proportion that cited formal employment as the main source of income would give These suburbs were established prior to independence (1980) and therefore would be home to elderly and pensioners. 15 Zimbabwe Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order National Survey Report 18