Celebrating 30 years of uniting nurses

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

DENOSA Western Cape statement on the effects of inclement weather on healthcare services and nurses in the province.

Media statement. Friday, 12 July 2024. CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Western Cape has received various reports from its regional and local structures on the effects of the bad weather conditions on access to healthcare services in the province, and the picture is showing that healthcare institutions … Read more

DENOSA Eastern Cape congratulates new 463 graduates from Lilitha Nursing College.

Media statement. Thursday, 11 July 2024. DENOSA Eastern Cape congratulates new 463 graduates from Lilitha Nursing College. GQEBERA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Eastern Cape congratulates and welcomes warmly to the noble profession the 463 nursing graduates from the Lilitha Nursing College who were capped today at the college’s … Read more