Strained business prays for government help

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MANY local businesses are groaning under the weight of myriad challenges — including rising debt — a situation that was exacerbated by the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
This has prompted worried captains of commerce and industry to escalate their push for a bigger and more accessible stimulus package to help struggling companies get back on their feet.

It also comes as power utility Zesa is owed more than US$60 million mainly by business, as well as farmers and ordinary consumers — amid relentless power cuts in the country.