Trading name KBL Predecessor Prinz Brau Botswana Headquarters Gaborone, Botswana Number of locations 1 | Industry Brewing, Beverage Revenue BWP 1,74 billion Founded 1970 Type Privately held company | |
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Key people Batlang Mmualefe - Chairman
Johan de Kok - CEO Owner SBHL - 60%
SABMiller - 40% | ||
Kgalagadi Breweries (Pty) 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.
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Corporate timeline
Botswana Breweries Limited
Botswana Breweries has four plants in Lobatse, Gaborone, Palapye and Francistown.
The products include
Product packs include a straight-sided screw-top 1 litre carton. A 750ml pack and a draught.
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:
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%. and by November 2009 this had the desired effect causing delines 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 (September 2013) 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.