Regardless of being a poor community, they have been taught and appreciated the teaching of working talents. Men and women tend to undertake small businesses in order to sustain themselves at the very least in the current economic hardships of Zimbabwe. Agriculture The major economic activities of Mukumbura are livestock farming and crop production which are also done typically for subsistence. The area of Mukumbura lies within a region that is determined as a ‘semi-extensive farming’ region, presented through the Zimbabwean agro-ecological classification. With its low and uncertain rainfall, cash cropping is not entirely suited in this climate unless in extremely favourable localities, particularly those situated along the main river courses. In general, the soils are sandy and contain an acidic pH as a result of poor management by the farmers that take part in constant cultivation without replenishment of nutrients. Farming systems is thereby primarily based around the production of livestock and can be assisted and paired with the growing of drought-resistant fodder crops. The main crops grown in the Mukumbura areas and communal lands include millets, maize, tobacco, sorghum, cowpeas and beans which are determined by the topo-climatic conditions of the area. Cattle are mainly used to plough the fields. Surveys carried out in Mukumbura areas found that farmers were able to identify Striga asiatica, a parasitic weed, and its variants present within their fields and soil. The parasitic plants had many plant host including cow peas, common beans, maize, sorghum, millets, tobacco and Ricardia scabra. As this represents all the crop plants that are cultivated by the farmers in these areas, the farmers’ food security are at a serious risk and threat by these parasitic weeds which latch onto the roots of the host plants, leading to reduced yields or complete crop failure. Water and Sanitation Water sources can be unsafe due to the underground planted landmines that contribute to environmental pollution. Subsequently, the majority of the water used in these areas is contaminated, and without precaution exposes people to health hazards from its consumption. Sources of water for domestic purposes and cooking for rural people then tend to be mainly from wells, boreholes and rivers. However, there is decreased reliability of these water sources during the dry seasons as a result of many factors, with reduced groundwater being one of them. During the dry season, live stock is also watered from the boreholes. Furthermore, Water Point