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National spokesperson of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, Sibongiseni Delihlazo, says, “This is a ticking time-bomb that is just waiting to blow up in the face of South Africans.”

Nurses make up a large part of the healthcare workforce in South Africa, but almost half of them are set to retire in the next 15 years.

Almost half of the nursing workforce in SA is set to retire in the next 15 years. This suggests existing shortages of nurses will become even greater unless we take concrete steps to boost nurse training and retention.

National spokesperson of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, Sibongiseni Delihlazo, says, “This is a ticking time-bomb that is just waiting to blow up in the face of South Africans.”