Nurses vital to SA's HIV/Aids fight: Ramaphosa

Nurses vital to SA's HIV/Aids fight: Ramaphosa
GAUTENG / 5 December 2016, 1:38pm
RAPULA MOATSHE

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Pretoria - South Africa will only reach the status of an HIV/Aids-free country by 2030 if nurses continued to play their meaningful role in the society.

This was said by the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday at the occasion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) since its launch at the Union Buildings.

Nurses affiliated to Denosa came from all the nine provinces to mark the anniversary of their union.


The event was also used to commemorate the life of the late state president Nelson Mandela, who launched the organisation in 1996 at the venue.

Ramaphosa told the nurses that they were expected to be the ointment and bandages to heal the country.

He said it was the aspirations of government to build an HIV/Aids-free society and that nurses were part and parcel of the mandate.

Ramaphosa used the opportunity to encourage to those who were engaging in sexual activities to use condoms. "We encourage men to circumcise, but also to use condoms," he said.

He remarked that Denosa had achieved many victories and among them was when they won a fight to have uniform allowances.

Nurses should play a critical in the lives of the people because they are expected to serve them with integrity at all times, he said.

Cosatu president S'dumo Dlamini said nurses should smile even if it was painful to do their work. "Our task is to serve the nation," he said.

Thembeka Gwagwa, founding general secretary, said Denosa prided itself on upholding the principles and values of good nursing practice.

The organisation was also affiliated to the international council of nurses.

Simphiwe Gada, chairman of Denosa in Gauteng, said the nurses were not just the backbone of the healthcare system, but also its heartbeat.

"It is not many unions who are able to survive so many years and celebrate their existence,"he said.
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DA wants 100 eThekwini ward committee elections annulled

DA wants 100 eThekwini ward committee elections annulled
NEWS / 5 December 2016, 1:50pm
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Johannesburg - The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday that it has written to the Speaker of eThekwini Municipality, Lekgoa Mapena, calling on him to invalidate all 100 ward committee elections held over the last two weekends.
The DA said the Municipal Structures Act requires that ward committees, consisting of 10 people, be established through community elections.
"The role of these committees in each ward is intended to facilitate development and service delivery, instead it has become a conduit for the ANC (African National Congress) divert ratepayers money to their comrades," said Councillor Sharon Chetty - DA eThekwini Chief Whip.
"Each member of the ward committee will be paid a monthly stipend of R1 000. This will cost ratepayers almost R66m over a five year period. In almost all of the ward committee elections held, there has been massive irregularities and the principles of electoral legislation were completely ignored."
Chetty said violence and intimidation "became the order of the day " at many of these elections with the South African Police Service having their hands full in trying to restore order.
"Several elections were postponed by the presiding officer because of ANC members refusing to abide by the rulings of the presiding officers, which disrupted the process and caused chaos," said Chetty.
"In many instances, the elections were held in secret with only the ANC structures being informed of the venue where the elections were to be held."
The DA further alleged that "although venues were advertised, the Speaker changed the venue at the last minute and only ANC structures were in attendance to elect their representatives".
The DA said it will take urgent legal action to set the elections aside and will not allow such an undemocratic and biased process to continue at the expense of ratepayers. All elections should be free and fair, even ward committee elections, the party said. 

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