Celebrating 30 years of uniting nurses

𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐂𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐌 𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐮, 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.

The 16th East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Nursing and Midwifery (ECSACONM) Biennial Scientific Conference will get underway between 11 add 13 September 2024 at the Avani Maseru Hotel in Lesotho, and the delegation from DENOSA is amongst the representatives from South Africa at this conference. This year’s conference is running under the theme: … Read more

𝐌𝐩𝐨𝐱 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘚𝘐 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘹 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬. ……. For the most up-to-date information on preventing transmission and treating mpox, please refer to the WHO or your national public health administration for required clinical advice. PSI will continue to monitor the situation and provide … Read more

DENOSA Eastern Cape fears medico-legal claims could increase further due to specialist nursing skills shortage in the province.

Media statement. Tuesday, 27 August 2024. GQEBERHA – Following the revelations in the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) preliminary report that the Eastern Cape has around 2500 medico-legal claims, mostly by allegedly unscrupulous lawyers, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Eastern Cape hereby warns that further claims may not be ruled out … Read more

DENOSA Mpumalanga to lead nurses’ march to departments of health and community safety in Witbank this Thursday.

MEDIA ALERT. Tuesday, 27 August 2024. MBOMBELA – Following the spiraling of incidents of attacks and hijackings of healthcare staff at various healthcare facilities in Mpumalanga, DENOSA in Mpumalanga will be joined by other health unions in leading nurses and other healthcare workers on the streets in their march to the Departments of health and … Read more

DENOSA Statement post- its NEC meeting.

Media statement. Monday, 19 August 2024. PRETORIA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) held a Special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the organisation’s head offices in Pretoria between 14 and 16 August 2024, where both organisational and nursing issues were discussed over the three days that ended on Friday. On the … Read more

NURSING IN THE ERA OF PANDEMICS (MPOX): What nurses need to do for now

Hospitals and nurses must start discussing and planning about the care, isolation and PPE’s… BY SINDISWA NGCOBO – National Coordinator at DENOSA Bargaining, Organising and Campaigns (BOC) Unit. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared monkeypox (mpox) as a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations due to the growing … Read more

DENOSA holds International Relations Committee meeting in Pretoria.

The DENOSA International Relations Committee, the Sub-Committee of the organisation’s National Executive Committee (NEC), held its scheduled meeting at the DENOSA Headquarters in the country’s capital, Pretoria between 25 and 26 July. Part of the committee’s work includes looking at the global and regional developments in both nursing and the world of work. It also … Read more

DENOSA MPUMALANGA OPENS NOMINATIONS FOR MOST CARING NURSE FOR 2024!

The Marilyn Lahana Trust Caring Award is presented annually to recognise outstanding members of the nursing and midwifery professions who show a special quality of caring in relation to their patients and colleagues. The award commemorates Marilyn Lahana, a  Johannesburg nurse who died in 1996 after  contracting the Ebola virus from a patient. A  number … Read more