Norma Young

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Norma Young

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Norma Young is a print and broadcast journalist. She studied at the Durban University of Technology and has worked for media houses including O, The Oprah Magazine, South Africa, SABC News and eNCA. Though she has been living in Johannesburg for almost two decades, she still considers herself a Durbanite at heart. Follow her on Twitter @JournoNorma

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6/13/21

African entertainment comes into its own

African entertainment comes into its own

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJune 13, 2021

3/19/21

South Africa’s next Zulu king will have to modernize the monarchy

South Africa’s next Zulu king will have to modernize the monarchy

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 19, 2021

12/8/20

How working from home helped Starbucks expand in South Africa’s pandemic-hit economy

How working from home helped Starbucks expand in South Africa’s pandemic-hit economy

Quartz Africa •

PublishedDecember 8, 2020

10/30/20

Africa’s art world has lost one of its most generous but controversial benefactors

Africa’s art world has lost one of its most generous but controversial benefactors

Quartz Africa •

PublishedOctober 30, 2020

9/23/20

What Ruth Bader Ginsburg thought the US could learn from South Africa’s modern constitution

What Ruth Bader Ginsburg thought the US could learn from South Africa’s modern constitution

Quartz Africa •

PublishedSeptember 23, 2020

9/18/20

How South Africa’s “Jerusalema” became a pan-African hit, then a global dance favorite

How South Africa’s “Jerusalema” became a pan-African hit, then a global dance favorite

Quartz Africa •

PublishedSeptember 18, 2020

9/9/20

An offensive haircare advert shows Black South Africans still have to fight apartheid’s race battles

An offensive haircare advert shows Black South Africans still have to fight apartheid’s race battles

Quartz Africa •

PublishedSeptember 9, 2020

7/9/20

South African women are forging new fashion frontiers by embracing their heritage

South African women are forging new fashion frontiers by embracing their heritage

Quartz •

PublishedJuly 9, 2020

6/27/20

Netflix’s “Blood and Water” features Black wealth, Cape Town mansions and invisible inequality

Netflix’s “Blood and Water” features Black wealth, Cape Town mansions and invisible inequality

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJune 27, 2020

6/2/20

South Africa’s long-standing alcohol abuse problem reemerged a day after lifting a lockdown ban

South Africa’s long-standing alcohol abuse problem reemerged a day after lifting a lockdown ban

Quartz Africa •

PublishedJune 2, 2020

5/16/20

An embattled prime minster wants to stay in power to avoid being charged for his wife’s murder

An embattled prime minster wants to stay in power to avoid being charged for his wife’s murder

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMay 16, 2020

4/7/20

South Africans are worried the government will use coronavirus phone tracking to spy on them

South Africans are worried the government will use coronavirus phone tracking to spy on them

Quartz Africa •

PublishedApril 7, 2020

3/24/20

South Africa’s poor face a health and safety quandary as the country goes into coronavirus lockdown

South Africa’s poor face a health and safety quandary as the country goes into coronavirus lockdown

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 24, 2020

3/14/20

South Africans are divided over the return of 114 students from China’s coronavirus epicenter

South Africans are divided over the return of 114 students from China’s coronavirus epicenter

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 14, 2020

3/5/20

A murder scandal, Lesotho’s prime minister, his wife and an African lesson on the rule of law

A murder scandal, Lesotho’s prime minister, his wife and an African lesson on the rule of law

Quartz Africa •

PublishedMarch 5, 2020

2/26/20

A misguided attempt by FW de Klerk to reframe apartheid’s impact damages his legacy

A misguided attempt by FW de Klerk to reframe apartheid’s impact damages his legacy

Quartz Africa •

PublishedFebruary 26, 2020