Celebrating 29 years of uniting nurses

DENOSA fearful of the negative impact of austerity measures on patients and healthcare services.

Media statement. Friday, 15 September 2023. PRETORIA – As today marks the start of the National Treasury’s tight financial control measures or austerity measures in all national and provincial departments due to revenue constraints caused by the continued load-shedding and freight constraints, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) is extremely concerned with the … Read more

DENOSA Northern Cape Media Statement on the Arrest of Northern Cape Department of Health Senior Officials for PPE Procurement.

Media statement. Friday, 25 August 2023. KIMBERLEY – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Northern Cape takes note of the arrest of the HOD for Health, Dr Dion Theys, and other Department of Health senior officials on the charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering and contravening the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), … Read more

DENOSA provincial gender structures attend three-day training workshop in Pretoria:

All the DENOSA provincial gender structures from across the country are attending a three-day gender training workshop from 22 to 24 August at the DENOSA Head Office in Pretoria. With the frequent occurrence of gender-related issues countrywide, and the reporting of many of these in the mainstream media, the country is talking of the need … Read more

DENOSA statement for Women’s Day: SA government must ratify ILO Convention 156

Media statement. Wednesday, 09 August 2023. PRETORIA – As today, 9 August, marks the commemoration of Women’s Day in South Africa, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) calls on the government to speed up the ratification of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Convention 156 to acknowledge the workers with family responsibility as well … Read more

DENOSA Western Cape statement on disruption of healthcare services due to the taxi strike.

Media statement Friday, 04 August 2023 CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Western Cape wishes to implore all employers in both public and private sectors to understand the volatility of the situation as caused by the taxi strike, which has also affected both the healthcare services and the … Read more

ICN LAUNCHES GLOBAL ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR ALL NURSES ON KEY NURSING AND HEALTH PRIORITIES:

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) announced the launch of a new global online learning platform to broaden nurses’ knowledge about issues that are vital to the profession and to global health. These free learning modules provide high quality Continuing Professional Development opportunities available to all nurses, which will be particularly useful for nurses in … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng believes emergency preparedness should improve to make healthcare services more responsive.

Media statement. Thursday, 20 July 2023. JOHANNESBURG – As yesterday’s underground gas line explosion in Bree Street in Johannesburg has become the latest disaster to hit Gauteng, which has claimed the life of a person and saw 48 citizens needing hospitalization at Charlotte Maxeke and Hellen Josephs hospitals in the city centre, the Democratic Nursing … Read more

DENOSA response to provocative Circular by National Department of Health on provision of uniform for nurses. 

Media statement.  Wednesday 19 July 2023.  DENOSA calls on the public sector nurses to wear their own clothes at work on 1 October 2023 if neither uniform is provided nor Uniform Allowance is paid…  PRETORIA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) no longer notes with shock the continuing disdain and blatant undermining … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng Gender structure meets in Pretoria

The DENOSA Gauteng Provincial Gender structure commenced its two-day Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting at the DENOSA Head Office in Pretoria today, where it will be joined by local Gender structures tomorrow. Key among the issues are discussions are the well-being of nurses both in the workplace and in society, the poor state of safety … Read more

FROM OLD TO NEW: Retired nurses hand over nursing textbooks to DENOSA at Lilitha Nursing College in Gqeberha.

GQEBERHA – In a symbolic gesture of the elders in the nursing profession handing over the nursing torch to the younger generation, retired nurses and formers DENOSA leaders in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in Gqeberha officially handed over the collection of nursing textbooks to the young nursing leaders led by DENOSA at the ceremony … Read more