Celebrating 27 years of uniting nurses

DENOSA expects SONA to focus on NHI and deteriorating healthcare services in SA.

Media statement Tuesday, 07 February 2023 PRETORIA – As the state President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Thursday, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) is expecting the President to put in a lot of focus on the National Health Insurance (NHI) plans as well … Read more

DENOSA Gauteng to report the throwing of urine at workers at Calcot Dlephu Clinic to SAHRC for further action. 

Media statement Thursday, 26 January 2023  JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Gauteng has noted with concern and disgust the incident at Calcot Dlephu Clinic in Ekurhuleni, where a patient threw what is believed to be urine at the staff who were eating at the time and will report the … Read more

DENOSA Student Movement believe Limpopo Health MEC could turn her energy to progressive change instead of theatrics.

Media statement Thursday, 26 January 2023.  PRETORIA – Given the latest trending video of MEC of Health in Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, where she once again plays to the gallery by humiliating a group of nurses at Rethabile Clinic in Polokwane, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa’s Student Movement (DENOSA) believe the MEC should … Read more

DENOSA KZN disgusted by two community protests which attacked nurses in two facilities on Wednesday 

Media statement  Thursday, 19 January 2023 DURBAN – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in KwaZulu-Natal condemns in the strongest terms the two incidents where community members were protesting in different places yesterday, when they decided to attack nurses as part of their protests in Nkandla and Cato Manor respectively. DENOSA KZN calls … Read more

DENOSA Limpopo condemns attack and harassment of nurses by Health MEC at Rethabile CHC in Polokwane. 

Media statement   Friday, 20 January 2023    POLOKWANE – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Limpopo strongly condemns the recorded attack and harassment of nurse managers at Rethabile Community Health Centre (CHC) in Polokwane by the MEC of Health, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, over the long queues that at the facility which are … 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

16 Days of Activism: DENOSA Gender calls for alignment of SA laws to observe Convention 190 of ILO. 

Media statement  Friday, 25 November 2022  PRETORIA – As today marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism For No Violence Against Women and Children, which will run until 10 December 2022, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa’s (DENOSA) National Gender Structure notes with sadness that women and children still suffer and fall … 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