Celebrating 30 years of uniting nurses

Public Sector unions picket in Parliament and National Treasury offices ahead of Austerity Budget Speech   

 Public Sector unions held two pickets outside the makeshift Parliament at the Cape Town City Hall in Cape Town as well as outside the National Treasury offices in Pretoria respectively on Wednesday ahead of the delivery of the Austerity Budget by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwane.  Workers made their voices heard on the day as hundreds … Read more

Public sector unions to brief the media on next course of action on public sector wage talks debacle

MEDIA ALERT Tuesday, 14 February 2023 The public sector trade unions at the Public Sector Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) will convene a media briefing at the PSCBC offices at 11h00 on Thursday 16th February 2023, where they will be making an announcement on the joint unions’ next cause of action following the failure by government … Read more

DENOSA NEC meeting reconvenes in Pretoria.

DENOSA’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting has reconvened at the DENOSA Head Offices in Pretoria on Thursday 9 February 2023, where it is due to conclude its business after it adjourned in December due to many programmes that needed its attention. The NEC is the highest decision-making structure of DENOSA in-between congresses and its role … Read more

The Most Caring Nurse in Mpumalanga to be unveiled in Mbombela on Wednesday, 7 December 

Media alert  Tuesday, 06 December 2022  MBOMBELA – Following a two-year break due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Mpumalanga will be unveiling the Most Caring Nurse for Mpumalanga province for 2022 at the hosting of the Marilyn Lahana Caring Awards gala dinner, which will be held at … Read more

DENOSA HOSTS LESOTHO NURSES ASSOCIATION (LNA) AT ITS HEAD OFFICES IN PRETORIA.

DENOSA had the absolute honour to host our fellow neighbouring nursing organisation from Lesotho, the Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) at the DENOSA head offices in Pretoria on Friday 25 November.  The delegation from LNA visited DENOSA as part of the association’s study tour and benchmarking.  DENOSA President, Simon Hlungwani, Deputy General Secretary for Member Service, … Read more

Public service unions give National Treasury seven days to respond to their demands 

Thousands of public servants under three trade union federations, COSATU, FEDUSA and SAFTU, took to the streets and painted the cities in eight provinces red where memoranda of demands were handed over to various government offices over the unhappiness of workers with the 3% that the government has offered to workers.  The Western Cape day … Read more

OUTCOMES OF CONCILIATION ON 2022/2023 PUBLIC SECTOR SALARY NEGOTIATIONS 

The correspondence dated 29 October 2022 bears a reference.  PSCBC held the conciliation process between employer and labour from 31 October to 1 November 2022 in an attempt to resolve the dispute on public sector salary negotiations.  After the two-day marathon, employer still remained at 3%.  Therefore, the dispute remains unresolved. On 1 November 2022, … Read more

WCEA partners with MDI to launch 9 new online management programmes for managers in Sub-Saharan Africa 

In its ongoing efforts to capacitate nurses and midwives from Sub-Saharan Africa into better clinicians and managers of healthcare facilities, the World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA) has partnered with the Management Development Institute (MDI) at the Global Business School Network (GBSN) to launch 9 new online management programmes designed to equip frontline healthcare workers in … Read more