Who owns Lion Lager?
Lion Lager, a drinks brand from South Africa, is made and sold by Delta Corporation (Zimbabwe, ZSE: DLTA) under licence; Delta Corporation does not own the name.[1] The name is owned by another company.
Evidence: Delta Corporation Limited Annual Report 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Delta Corporation Limited reported
- Headquarters
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, Harare
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- ZSE: DLTA
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Lion Lager
Lion Lager is a medium-bodied five per cent beer with a pronounced hop bitterness and little sweetness, and it has been sold in Zimbabwe long enough for Delta to have given it a major label relaunch alongside Castle as far back as 1968. Delta lists it among the franchise lager brands it brews under licence rather than among the local brands it owns.
Ownership timeline of Lion Lager
Where Lion Lager sits in Delta Corporation
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Delta Corporation
Delta Corporation controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Delta Corporation has 4.
About the owner: Delta Corporation
Delta Corporation is a publicly listed company headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe, founded in 1946.
Delta Corporation is Zimbabwe's largest beverage company and among the largest listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, where it first listed in 1946 as Rhodesian Breweries and took its present name in 1978. It brews lager and traditional sorghum beer, holds the country's Coca-Cola franchise and sells wines and spirits, reporting revenue of US$1.09 billion for the year to 31 March 2026. Anheuser-Busch InBev entities hold 39.2 per cent of its shares and Old Mutual 11.9 per cent. It owns Delta Beverages outright, 69 per cent of Schweppes Holdings Africa since 1 April 2025, 52 per cent of African Distillers, 70 per cent of Zambia's National Breweries and all of United National Breweries in South Africa.
Delta Corporation: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇿🇦 Lion Lager and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Lion Lager among them.
- Appletiser — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Castle Lager — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Ciro — AVI 🇿🇦
- Energade — Tiger Brands 🇿🇦
- @home — TFG 🇿🇦
- Ackermans — Pepkor 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Lion Lager?
Delta Corporation makes and sells Lion Lager under a licensing agreement.
Does Delta Corporation own Lion Lager?
No. Delta Corporation holds a licence to make and sell Lion Lager, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Lion Lager come from?
Lion Lager originated in South Africa.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Delta Corporation Limited Annual Report 2026 — Delta Corporation Limited, Annual report; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [2] Delta Corporation — Franchise Lager Beers — Delta Corporation Limited, Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
- [3] Delta Corporation — Our Heritage — Delta Corporation Limited, Official document; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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