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Nurse leaders have reflected on how the arts can be used to support and enable self-care, education opportunities and workplace supervision, especially in
Suntosh R Pillay is a clinical psychologist at King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex in Durban and is an executive member of the Community and Social Psychology Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA). He is currently helping coordinate the Healthcare Workers Care Network in KwaZulu-Natal.
A nurse told me something last year that stuck in my mind. We were in the middle of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and all healthcare workers were taking strain. She said that prior to the pandemic “when life was normal” she wore her uniform with self-assurance and dignity, standing tall as her epaulettes shone proudly as she walked through a shopping mall.
By Psychological Society of South Africa on 30 April 2021
This week, 27 years since South Africa’s first democratic election, four psychologists from the Community and Social Psychology Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) responded to the question: “What does freedom mean to you?”
Dené Du Rand, a clinical psychologist and lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of South Africa (UNISA), said that as a person of colour, Freedom Day is a time to remember and celebrate the lives of those who contributed to our freedom.
“It is because of their sacrifices that I am in a position today to have access to many opportunities. Many of the people before me were denied the opportunity to education, freedom of speech and the very freedom to be a human being. Although many of the historical injustices are still present today and we are still feeling the aftermath of our country’s traumatic history, I cannot deny the fact that I am in a bet