Namibia Nurses Union

{{Short description|Trade union in Namibia}}

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| abbreviation = NANU

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| formation = 1999

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| founding_location = Windhoek

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| headquarters = Windhoek, Namibia

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| services = Representing Namibian Nurses

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| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Shopati Abner

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| leader_name3 = Timoteus Gerbhard

| leader_title4 = Treasurer General

| leader_name4 = Eliud Shiwayu

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The Namibia Nurses Union (NANU) is a Namibian trade union formed in 1999 to represent Namibian Nurses. NANU is one of a number of breakaway unions from the Public Workers' Union (Napwu).{{Cite news | url=https://ww2.namibian.com.na/nanu-slams-health-training-programme-suspension | title=NANU slams health training programme suspension | newspaper=The Namibian | date=11 August 2019}}{{Cite news | url=https://neweralive.na/posts/suspension-of-nurses-training-irks-union |title=Suspension of nurses training irks union | last=Ashipala | first=Nuusita | newspaper=New Era | date=12 August 2019}}{{Cite news | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200710190481.html |title=Nanu pushes ahead on representation | last=Isaacs | first=Denver | newspaper=The Namibian | date=19 October 2007}}

In 2020, the Union, through its acting Secretary General Junias Shilunga gave a memorandum to start a student union aimed at representing the plights of nursing students across Namibia.{{Cite news | url=https://namibian.com.na/nurses-ponder-student-movement/ | title=Nurses ponder student movement | last=Shikongo | first=Arlana | newspaper=The Namibian | date=23 January 2020}}