ActionAid International Southern Africa Partnership Programme (SAPP-Zimbabwe) 3.3.1 No income Figure 5: Source of income by Area surveyed Approximately 4% of households interviewed claimed 75% that they had no source of income. 60% Unique sampled 45% areas include Ngozi mine, Killarney farm 30% in Bulawayo (see Box) and 15% Chinotimba in Victoria Falls. 0% Habitants of this Harare Bulawayo Mutare Kariba Beitbridge Victoria Falls area survive off the Informal Formal No source dump sites through scavenging. Results obtained suggest that these settlements had a direct bearing on the proportion that claimed that they had no source of income. Highs of 6% and 7% were recorded for Bulawayo and Victoria Falls, and at least three quarters for sampled households in these mentioned areas had no source of income. Harare, Mutare, Kariba and Victoria Falls all recorded approximately 3% each. No differences were noted for all the vulnerable categories except for the child headed households, where 9% of the sampled households reported having no source of income prior to Operation Murambatsvina. 90% 3.3.2 Informal Informal sources of income include the following; remittance, flea markets, tuck shop, fruit and vegetable sales Box 2: Informal settlements (vending), skilled trade/artisan, offering accommodation, Bulawayo – Ngozi Mine & Killarney Farm begging, petty trade (includes Victoria Falls - Chinotimba Ngozi Mine is a dump site located in Bulawayo. firewood sales, street vending Approximately 80 households reside on the etc) and cross border trading. It outskirts of the site. Residents of Ngozi mine is clear for Figure 5 that informal sources of income had sustain themselves by scavenging in the dump site. Killarney Farm is a squatter camp located on the recently become a major source outskirts of Bulawayo. Makeshift homes were of income for the majority (80%) of households sampled. destroyed during the Operation. Chinotimba is a suburb located in Victoria Falls. A majority (73%) of urban Adjacent to the suburb, makeshift homes were dwellers were engaged in informal trading14 prior to erected by people working in Victoria Falls. There were strong accusations levelled by the Operation Murambatsvina/Restore authorities that these are safe havens for thieves and Order from the sample. illegal activities. Consequently the three illegal Households derive income structures were razed to the ground. This is from a number of different however, not the first time the GoZ has taken such sources. Figure 5 shows the proportion of households in the actions on these areas. survey and their primary Informal trading includes; flea market, tuck shop, vending, skilled/artisan, offering accommodation, and petty trade. 14 Zimbabwe Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order National Survey Report 15