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DENOSA Gauteng condemns the killing of a nurse by on-duty police officer at Tembisa Hospital

Media statement Wednesday, 09 February 2022 JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Gauteng condemns in the strongest terms the fatal shooting of a nurse at Tembisa Hospital this morning by an on-duty police officer, and hopes the Department will now henceforth reconsider allowing armed police officers to enter healthcare facilities … Read more

DENOSA presentation to the Parliamentary Health Portfolio Committee on Health’s Public Hearings on NHI

Tuesday, 08 February 2022. This morning, (08 February 2022) DENOSA delivered a presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health as part of the Committee’s Public Hearings, which are held virtually, on National Health Insurance (NHI) from stakeholders. The presentation, the first to be delivered today, could be found on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQS38ac_zU The first … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng strongly condemns retrenchments of 749 newly qualified nurses by Gauteng Department of Health

Media statement Thursday, 03 February 2022 JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Gauteng strongly condemns the retrenchment of 749 newly qualified professional nurses who have just concluded their community service in the province at a time when they should be easing the pressure of staff shortage and long queues in … Read more

DENOSA Free State welcomes the ruling by Special Tribunal over shady PPE procurement in the province

Media statement Tuesday, 01 February 2022 BLOEMFONTEIN – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Free State welcomes the ruling by the Special Tribunal in the shady PPE procurement in the Free State, which saw only three out of 32 contracted suppliers supplying the Department of Health with PPE that is below … Read more

DENOSA welcomes ICN’s 10-year plan for countries to address global nursing shortage and ‘Migration Tsunami’ post- COVID-19

Media statement Saturday, 29 January 2022 PRETORIA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) welcomes the new report by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) on the global shortage of nurses and calls on the delinquent and ignorant South African government, once again, to heed the recommendations of this important report for individual … Read more

DENOSA Mpumalanga Student Movement to hold 7th Provincial Congress on 4 & 5 December in Mbombela

Media Alert Thursday, 02 December 2021 MBOMBELA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) Student Movement in Mpumalanga will hold its 7th Provincial Congress from 4 to 5 December at Nutting House Lodge in Mbombela, which will be addressed by Mpumalanga Health MEC, DENOSA Deputy General Secretary and COSATU Young Workers Forum among … Read more

DENOSA Tshwane gives Tshwane District Health authorities 14 days to respond to nurses’ grievances in health facilities

Media statement Friday, 26 November 2021 PRETORIA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Tshwane has given the authorities at the Tshwane District Health 14 days to respond to the grievances raised by the organisation on Thursday 25 November 2021 in a memorandum that was submitted on behalf of nurses in a … Read more

DENOSA Tshwane and DENOSA National Student Movement to hold joint march over nurses and student nurses’ challenges in Pretoria on 25 November

MEDIA ALERT Wednesday, 24 November 2021 PRETORIA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the region of Tshwane and DENOSA National Student Movement will, on Thursday 25 November 2021, lead throngs of nurses and student nurses in a joint march on the streets of Pretoria to highlight the plights of nurses in … Read more

DENOSA calls on healthcare facility managers to ensure back-up generators are working in these times of extended load shedding by Eskom

PRETORIA – As power utility Eskom announced the intensification of Stage 4 load shedding from midday today until Friday at 17h00, and added by Stage 2 until Saturday, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) would once again plead with management of all healthcare facilities to ensure that back-up generators are well-serviced and fully … Read more

DENOSA has concluded its mandate collection on the current wage offer

Media statement  Monday, 26 July 2021  The Democratic Nursing Organization of South Africa (DENOSA) has concluded its mandate collection process on the current interim wage offer tabled by government on the 23rd July 2021. Our members who are critical front-line workers in the fight against COVID 19 have mandated us to accept the current offer … Read more