BN@10: The Lorimer interview - a rare ‘good news story’ as we dig deeper into SA’s oil and gas bonanza

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During the second part of James Lorimer’s keynote address at BizNews@10, he is quizzed on the scale of and challenges to SA’s impending oil and gas boom. Lorimer admits it’s the first ‘good news’ story he’s probably been able to tell during almost a decade and a half as a Member of Parliament - but it’s one he says desperately needs to be exposed to a discouraged nation. Hard to disagree. Investors, too, will be taking note. For instance, real estate on the Cape’s Western and Southern coasts - and in the Karoo around Beaufort West - require more than a cursory glance. JSE-listed HCI too. - Alec Hogg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Aug 2023 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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