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The United Food and Allied Workers Union has been organizing workers at Ingwebu Breweries in a months-long struggle over wages. A major strike is also looming in the sugar industry as workers demand wages in US dollars amid difficult economic conditions
By Mbekezeli Ncube INGWEBU Breweries, a Bulawayo City Council (BCC) owned brewing company, has laid off 102 of its employees owing to a drop in sales of its traditional beer due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Bars and bottle stores are among several businesses that have been ordered by the government to stop operating during the national lockdown period as a way of halting the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com, Ingwebu Breweries managing director, Dumisani Mhlanga said the company was feeling the heat of Covid-19 as their sales volumes of the traditional brew...