Celebrating 30 years of uniting nurses

DENOSA to host International Nurses Day hybrid event on 12 May from CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria.

Wednesday, 11 May 2022  PRETORIA – As the world will observe International Nurses Day on Thursday, 12 May 2022, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) will be hosting a hybrid commemoration of this all-important day to majority healthcare professionals in the healthcare sector from the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria where the issue … Read more

DENOSA Northern Cape to commemorate International Nurses Day by marching to Premier’s Office over poor health service delivery in the province.   

Media statement  Tuesday, 10 May 2022  KIMBERLEY – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa in the Northern Cape will be commemorating the International Nurses Day on the 12th of May 2022 together with all nurses in the province and around the country by marching to the Office of the Premier as a way to voice … Read more

DENOSA Western Cape statement on fatal shooting of two patients and a cop at New Somerset Hospital 

Media statement  Monday, 09 May 2022 CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Western Cape is saddened to learn of Saturday night’s fatal shooting of two patients and a police officer at New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town and calls for the immediate release from duty of a nurse … Read more

DENOSA encourages workers to join the May Day rallies in provinces in defense of their rights 

Media statement Thursday, 28 April 2022  PRETORIA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) will be joining millions of workers in commemorating International Workers Day on 1 May to highlight the exploitation of workers and continuing attack on collective bargaining by employers, including the government as the biggest employer of nurses, and calls … Read more

DENOSA in KwaZulu is appealing to all DENOSA members, business community and community at large for their assistance with donations 

DENOSA in KwaZulu is appealing to all DENOSA members, business community and community at large for their assistance with donations of items for distribution to the recent KZN floods victims. The floods affected community members negatively, including healthcare workers whose homes were wiped away with their belongings and medication. With the shortage of water in … Read more

International Nurses Day, 12 May 2022

                 International Nurses Day on 12 May, released by the International Council of Nurses (ICN)  International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year.  With the theme Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to … Read more

DENOSA KZN calls for clearance of routes to health facilities affected by floods

Media statement Thursday, 14 April 2022    DURBAN – As the province of KwaZulu-Natal is left to count the costs of the floods which affected thousands of people and damaged amenities, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in KwaZulu-Natal would like to call on the government to prioritize the clearing of routes to … Read more

DENOSA concerned with unavailability of specialty courses for nurses in SA universities and colleges this year as they are still on SAQA queue 

Media statement  Monday, 21 February 2022  PRETORIA – with cases of Gender-Based Violence, motor vehicle accidents and medicolegal cases emanating from maternity sections on the increase in the country, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) is extremely concerned that there is currently no avenue to upskill local nurses on specialty courses at any … Read more

Health-related areas from the SONA 2022 Speech

During the past year, we have focused on accelerating our vaccine rollout. So far, we have administered 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Consequently, nearly 42% of all adults and 60% of everyone over 50 is fully vaccinated. We are now ready to enter a new phase in our management of the pandemic. It is … Read more