Celebrating 30 years of uniting nurses

Update on 2022/23 outstanding wage talks at PSCBC.

As the public sector trade union that is admitted at the PSCBC, DENOSA (SAMATU, SAEPU and PAWUSA), which had boycotted the 2023/24 wage negotiations while the 2022/23 negotiations had not been concluded finally reached an agreement with the employer to include the outstanding 2022/23 negotiation issues into the 2023/24 talks. The agreement between the parties … Read more

AFRICA’S NURSES’ ORGANISATIONS CONVENE IN PRETORIA FOR ICN’s LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING:

African nurses’ organisations five-day training in Pretoria seeks to bring a chair for nurses at various policy-making tables…’  PRETORIA – National Nurses Associations (NNAs) from the African region commenced their five-day training on the International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) Leadership For Change programme on February in Pretoria, which seeks to capacitate leaders of the nursing … Read more

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