Kgalagadi Breweries Limited
Kgalagadi Breweries Limited are brewers based in Gaborone, Botswana. They produce lager beers, traditional beers, bottled water and soft drinks under license. The brewery started out as Prinz Brau, with two brands, Prinz Brau and Prinz Deluxe.
Corporate timeline
- 1960s - Botswana Breweries Limited is started in Francistown to brew Chibuku traditional beer.
- 1970s - Sechaba Brewery Holdings Limited is set up to hold investments in the beverage sector.
- 1977 - SAB acquires management control of KBL. KBL begins bottling Coca-Cola products.
- 1989 - SBHL is listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange.
- 1995 - New soft drink bottling line built in Gaborone.
- 2009 - KBL launches St Louis Export.
- 2013 - Botswana Breweries Ltd is amalgamated with KBL.
Botswana Breweries Limited
Botswana Breweries has four plants in Lobatse, Gaborone, Palapye and Francistown.The products include
- traditional opaque beer Chibuku, made from sorghum and maize
- Phafana
- non-alcoholic beverage Keone Mooka Mageu
Ownership
The shares of Kgalagadi Breweries Limited are privately held. The shareholding in the company's stock as at December 31, 2012 was as depicted in the table below:- By virtue of its shareholding in Kgalagadi Breweries Limited and Sechaba Brewery Holdings of 40% and 16.8% respectively, SABMiller's total direct and indirect shareholding in Kgalagadi Breweries Limited and Botswana Breweries Ltd is 50.08%. This makes both companies subsidiaries of SABMiller and associates of Sechaba Brewery Holdings.
Alcohol levy
In 2008, Ian Khama proposed an alcohol levy of 70% to reduce alcoholism in Botswana. There was resistance and the levy was imposed at 30%. By November 2009, the levy created the desired effect, causing declines of 35% in lager sales volume and 14% in traditional beer sale volumes. In response to the negative statutory environment, the brewery cut costs and maximised efficiencies. Non-alcoholic brands were developed to compensate for the fall in traditional brands. In six month report the levy was at 45% and the decrease in alcohol brands had dropped a further 8%. New brands developed include Source bottled water and Keone Mooka Mageu.Brands
- St Louis 3.5% ABV
- St Louis Export 4.7% ABV
- Castle Lager 5% ABV
- Castle Lite 4% ABV
- Ohlsson's Lager
- Lion Lager 5% ABV
- Carling Black Label 5.5% ABV
- Chibuku
- Phafana
- Source Water - accredited by the Botswana Bureau of Standards
- Bonaqua Still Water
- Keone Mooka Mageu - a traditional fermented porridge
- Coca-Cola
- Coke Zero
- Fanta Orange
- Fanta Grape
- Fanta Pineapple
- Sprite
- Iron Brew
- Ginger Stoney
- Pine Nut
- Minute Maid
- Cream-Soda
- Burn
- Powerade
Social responsibility programs
Kickstart is an entrepreneur development programme for 18- to 30-year-olds providing mentorship and training to over 107 young entrepreneurs. 80% of participants are still trading.Project Tshelang launched in 2001 aims to prevent new infections and provide employees and their families with awareness and counselling programs. There are currently 74 trained and active peer educators.