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 1960's Botswana Breweries Limited is started in Francistown to brew Chibuku traditional beer. 1970s - Sechaba Brewery Holdings Limited (SBHL) was set up to hold investments in the beverage sector. 1977 - SAB acquires management control of KBL (40% equity stake). 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, was amalgamated with KBL.Botswana Breweries LimitedBotswana Breweries has four plants in Lobatse, Gaborone, Palapye and Francistown.The products include traditional opaque beer Chibuku - made from sorghum and maize. Phafana (opaque beer) non-alcoholic beverage Keone Mooka Mageu. Product packs include a straight-sided screw-top 1 litre carton. A 750ml pack and a draught.OwnershipThe 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.