Fuel routes to Mozambique, Zimbabwe opened

For 2011 and beyond, government, empowered by NDP 10 and supported by the local retailers, is prioritising the diversification of fuel supplies away from South Africa. At present, Botswana receives nearly all its 850 million litres of fuel per annum from South Africa, with the Tarlton Depot accounting for about 76 percent of this.

Yesterday, the Managing Director of Puma Energy Botswana, Mahube Mpugwa, told Mmegi supplies from Mozambique and Zimbabwe were augmenting the new entrant's product sourced through South Africa. Puma Energy took over BP Botswana earlier in the year following a successful acquisition process late last year.