Celebrating 30 years of uniting nurses

DENOSA KZN Gender statement on how Women’s Month is turning out for women.

Media statement. Sunday, 21 August 2022. DURBAN – As this year’s Women’s Month draws nearer to its sunset, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa’s (DENOSA) Gender structure in KwaZulu-Natal has noted with great sadness how Women’s emancipation is far from being realised when women continue to be on the receiving end of the social … Read more

DENOSA EC views attack of Kariega Hospital nurse as further proof of failure by health department to protect health workers

Media statement Monday, 22 August 2022 GQEBERHA – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Eastern Cape views the attack of yet another nurse inside the Department of Health’s facility as a further dismal failure by the department to ensure the safety of healthcare workers due to the continued reduction of costs … Read more

DENOSA and ECSACON to host meeting of nursing bodies from East, Central and Southern Africa to discuss region’s standardized nursing specialist programmes on 18-20 August in Sandton 

MEDIA ALERT  Tuesday, 16 August 2022    PRETORIA – As the shortage of specialist nurses in the African continent is starting to become a headache for various countries, which has already seen South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs adding many nurse specialists onto the Scarce Skills List, nursing bodies and organisations in the East, Central and … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng reiterates that court should grant no bail for killer of nurse Lebo Monene at Rabasotho Magistrate’s Court in Tembisa tomorrow.

Media Statement Tuesday, 19 July 2022. JOHANNESBURG – As the killer of nurse Lebogang Monene will be making his appearance once again at the Rabasotho Magistrate’s Court in Tembisa tomorrow, 20 July 2022 in his application for bail, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) reiterates it call on the justice system to send … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng to lead provincial march by nurses to Premier, Treasury and Gauteng Health in JHB on 20 July 2022

MEDIA ALERT Tuesday, 19 July 2022   JOHANNESBURG – Following months of non-payment of many post-community service nurses, non-absorption of community service nurses and non-filling of vacant funded nursing positions by the Gauteng Department of Health, as well as many failures by the department address these challenges on many occasions, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South … Read more

DENOSA KZN warning to KZN Health Department: hire post-community service nurses in KZN this week, or else we meet on the streets…

Media statement  Tuesday, 05 July 2022    DURBAN – Following repeated failures by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health to honour its commitment made in May this year and hire the 80 nurses who had completed their year of community service in the province, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in KwaZulu-Natal is left with … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng response to Gauteng Health’s statement released on Sunday 3 July 2022

Media statement  For immediate circulation Date: 04 July 2022  JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Nursing Organisation South Africa (DENOSA) in Gauteng has noted the media statement released by Gauteng Health yesterday, the 3rd of July 2022, wherein it committed to commence the process of paying all the affected nurses from today.  While we note the response and … Read more