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In 2022, parties in PHSDSBC signed a collective agreement, Resolution 1 of 2022 on the Provision of Nurses’ Uniform. The agreement stated that the employer will provide uniform to the nurses with effect from 1 October 2023. By so doing, the employer will no longer pay the uniform allowance to the nurses form the year … Read more

PRETORIA – DENOSA has commenced its three-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the DENOSA Head Office in Pretoria, to sit between 20 and 22 September 2023. Over the next three days, the meeting will be discussing and reflecting on the many issues in the healthcare sector and zooming in on nursing matters. With nursing … Read more

All the DENOSA provincial gender structures from across the country are attending a three-day gender training workshop from 22 to 24 August at the DENOSA Head Office in Pretoria. With the frequent occurrence of gender-related issues countrywide, and the reporting of many of these in the mainstream media, the country is talking of the need … Read more

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) announced the launch of a new global online learning platform to broaden nurses’ knowledge about issues that are vital to the profession and to global health. These free learning modules provide high quality Continuing Professional Development opportunities available to all nurses, which will be particularly useful for nurses in … Read more

The DENOSA Gauteng Provincial Gender structure commenced its two-day Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting at the DENOSA Head Office in Pretoria today, where it will be joined by local Gender structures tomorrow. Key among the issues are discussions are the well-being of nurses both in the workplace and in society, the poor state of safety … Read more

GQEBERHA – In a symbolic gesture of the elders in the nursing profession handing over the nursing torch to the younger generation, retired nurses and formers DENOSA leaders in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in Gqeberha officially handed over the collection of nursing textbooks to the young nursing leaders led by DENOSA at the ceremony … Read more

Members of DENOSA are hereby informed that Applications for the Old Mutual Education Trust Scholarship Programme for the 2024 academic year are now open to all paid-up DENOSA members, their spouses, dependent children and employees of DENOSA and their dependents. Enclosed is the information on the criteria, the time-line of the process from application to … Read more

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) 2023 Congress, held over five days from 1 July 2023 in Montreal, Canada, was a resounding success as representatives from national nurses associations (NNA) in 130 countries and nurse leaders as well as practicing nurses gathered heads to bring about real solutions to the challenges experienced by the world’s … Read more

COSATU is holding the two-day Energy Summit, as called for by the recent COSATU National Congress, at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg between 20 and 21 June 2023. As the country is preparing its move towards low energy transition, from coal- to low-carbon power generation, there are many areas that the trade union federation is … Read more

COSATU will be embarking on a protected National Day of Action in defense of Collective Bargaining on 6 July 2023 countrywide where workers will be marching to various government offices against corruption, high interest rates, and job losses. KWAZULU-NATAL: Main activity will be in Durban. Province is still making logistical arrangement via its war room. … Read more