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Tshwane nurses honoured on International Nurses Day

Nurses make up 56% of all healthcare providers in the country and are the single largest group of professionals supporting both public and private healthcare. Their role is not only central to the delivery of high-quality care but also to the broader functioning of the national health system, particularly through the implementation of the primary healthcare approach. Nursing is a multifaceted profession, with practitioners working across a wide range of disciplines, roles and levels of expertise, from emergency care and chronic disease management to advanced clinical practice, education and research.

Saturday Star News
Staff Reporter|Published

The Exploitation of Nurses Must End: PSA KZN Demands Justice and Transformation in Public

The PSA's Mlungisi Ndlovu demands the transformation of the workplace for nurses, where they are respected and appreciate the work they do and are given all the tools and support to performance at their best.

Daily News Opinion
Mlungisi Ndlovu|Published

International Nurses Day : Celebrating the heartfelt dedication of South Africa’s nursing heroes

Celebrating the dedication of South Africa’s nurses on International Nurses Day.

Lifestyle Health
Staff Reporter|Published

International Nurses Day highlights the vital role of nurses and the need for urgent reforms

Celebrating nurses and calling for reform on International Nurses Day in South Africa

Saturday Star
Staff Reporter|Published

Denosa slams Motsoaledi’s ‘insulting’ plan to recruit only 200 nurses

Denosa has condemned Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's announcement to recruit only 200 nurses as 'shockingly inadequate' amid a national nursing shortage crisis where projections indicate South Africa could be short 100,000 nurses by 2030.

News South Africa
Simon Majadibodu|Published

Ramaphosa raises alarm as nurse exodus worsens SA healthcare crisis

President Ramaphosa highlights the paradoxical healthcare crisis where South African nurses are increasingly recruited abroad while 20,000 remain unemployed at home, threatening the country's already strained healthcare system and future NHI implementation.

News Politics
Simon Majadibodu|Published

Blood pressures soar in viral spat between foul-mouthed nurse and Zimbabwean woman

The post has garnered mixed reactions on social media, with some netizens saying the nurse is xenophobic while others proclaim their support for her.

Lifestyle Health
Xolile Mtembu|Published

Nurse arrested for allegedly breaking seven premature black babies’ bones

All of the nurse's alleged victims are black, fuelling speculation of medical racism and sparking outrage among netizens.

News Crime and Courts
Xolile Mtembu|Published