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Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa | |
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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Headquarters | Pretoria,Gauteng |
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| Members | 72,000 |
Key people | Simon Hlungwani (president) Cassim Lekhoati (general secretary)[1] |
| Affiliations | COSATU,ICN (1997) |
| Website | www |
TheDemocratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa is atrade union inSouth Africa that describes itself as "a voluntary organisation for South African nurses and midwifery professionals".[2]
It was established in its current form on 5 December 1996.[3]
It is an affiliate of theCongress of South African Trade Unions and became a full member of theInternational Council of Nurses on 15 June 1997. The union suspended its participation in the leadership structures of the congress on 10 November 2014 as a result of the federations expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa on 7 November 2014.[4]
At its 2010 congress, the organisation passed a resolution that the National Executive Committee should proceed with the merger with theSouth African Democratic Nurses' Union.[3]
It has set up numerous projects with the aim of improving healthcare in South Africa. These mainly consist of workshops to educate nurses onHIV/AIDS andmulti-drug-resistant tuberculosis[5]
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