South African Medical Laboratory Union

South African Medical Laboratory Union It's a Labour Trade Union which represents Laboratory workers within the Republic of South Africa.

🔬✊🏽 One Science. One Struggle. One Voice.We are proud to unveil the official SAMLUSC (South African Medical Laboratory U...
19/01/2026

🔬✊🏽 One Science. One Struggle. One Voice.

We are proud to unveil the official SAMLUSC (South African Medical Laboratory Union Student Council) merchandise collection designed for Laboratory Professionals, Scientists, and Students who carry the mission of science with purpose and pride.

From the lab bench to the lecture hall, our new range represents unity, knowledge, and struggle for transformation in the laboratory sector.

👕 Available Merchandise:
✔️ Premium Polo Shirts
✔️ Winter Hoodies (Sherpa-lined)
✔️ Zip-up Jackets
✔️ Beanies
✔️ Branded Scientific Apparel

Each piece proudly carries the SAMLUSC identity and our slogan:

“One Science. One Struggle.” ✊🏽

This collection is more than clothing it is a statement of scientific solidarity, academic activism, and generational leadership in laboratory medicine.

🎓 For students.
🧪 For professionals.
📚 For the future of African science.

Wear your science. Wear your struggle. Wear your movement.

📩 For orders and institutional branding enquiries, contact SAMLUSC leadership.

🎓🧬 Introducing the Official SAMLUSC Golf T-Shirt Merchandise! 🧬🎓The South African Medical Laboratory Union Student Counc...
19/01/2026

🎓🧬 Introducing the Official SAMLUSC Golf T-Shirt Merchandise! 🧬🎓

The South African Medical Laboratory Union Student Council (SAMLUSC) is proud to launch our official golf T-shirts designed for future laboratory leaders who carry science with pride and struggle with purpose.

This premium golf T-shirt represents unity, knowledge, and activism in the laboratory sector, featuring our official SAMLUSC logo on the front and our powerful slogan on the back:

“One Science. One Struggle ✊🏿”

Whether on campus, in the lab, or at student engagements wear your movement with confidence.

🔬 Academic Identity
✊🏿 Student Activism
📚 Scientific Excellence
🧪 Union Consciousness

Support the movement. Represent the future of laboratory professionals.
Order yours today and wear the revolution in science.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🎉The South African Medical Laboratory Union (SAMLU) proudly congratulates all 2026...
13/01/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🎉

The South African Medical Laboratory Union (SAMLU) proudly congratulates all 2026 Matric students who passed their examinations with outstanding results.

Your dedication, resilience, and hard work have paid off and this milestone marks the beginning of a bright and promising future.

South Africa needs young leaders, innovators, scientists, and professionals like you to build a stronger nation.

We salute your achievement and encourage you to pursue excellence in all your future academic and career journeys.

✨ The future is bright. The journey has just begun.

SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL LABORATORY UNION (SAMLU)-2026 RECRUITMENT MANIFESTOSouth African Medical Laboratory UnionJanuary 4...
04/01/2026

SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL LABORATORY UNION (SAMLU)-2026 RECRUITMENT MANIFESTO

South African Medical Laboratory Union

January 4, 2026

SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL LABORATORY UNION (SAMLU)
2026 RECRUITMENT MANIFESTO

“Professional Power. Collective Protection.”

PREAMBLE
Laboratory Professionals are the backbone of healthcare diagnostics, yet we remain among the most undervalued, overworked, and silenced workers in the health system.
We generate results that save lives, guide treatment, and shape national health policy — but decisions about our labour, safety, and careers are often made without us.

SAMLU exists because this injustice can no longer be normalised.

OUR IDENTITY
SAMLU is a profession-specific trade union established by Laboratory Professionals, for Laboratory Professionals.

We organise:
Medical Laboratory Technologists
Medical Laboratory Scientists
Medical Scientists
Phlebotomists
Laboratory Assistants
Blood Service Professionals
Interns and Community Service Practitioners
Public and Private Sector Laboratory Workers
We are united by science, dignity, and collective power.
WHY WE ORGANISE

04/01/2026

Happy New Year to Laboratory Professionals

SAMLU Raises Concerns Over Language Exclusion in Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)The South African Medical Laborato...
04/01/2026

SAMLU Raises Concerns Over Language Exclusion in Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)

The South African Medical Laboratory Union (SAMLU) has expressed growing concern regarding a recurring problem within laboratories and healthcare companies: the failure to provide Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services in the employee’s chosen native language despite employees explicitly indicating their language preference on official EAP intake forms.
Across South African workplaces, employees are encouraged to utilise the EAP for social, personal, and psychological challenges.
These support services are intended to create a safe, confidential, and culturally sensitive environment. However, many workers report that, after selecting their preferred language for counselling or social work support, they are referred to external service providers who engage only in English, regardless of the employee’s stated linguistic needs.

This practice not only undermines employee trust in the EAP system but also compromises the quality and effectiveness of the counselling process. Mental health and social challenges require clear expression, emotional nuance, and accurate explanation. When a worker must communicate in a non-native language, important details may be lost, misinterpreted, or left unspoken ultimately weakening the very purpose of the Employee Assistance Programme.

A Systemic Gap in Service Provider Diversity

SAMLU notes that many laboratories and medical institutions rely on single EAP service providers who do not offer multilingual capacity. In a country with 11 official languages, this results in service gaps that disproportionately exclude workers who prefer to speak in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, or other indigenous languages when discussing sensitive personal issues.

If a company’s contracted EAP provider cannot deliver services in the languages requested by employees, SAMLU argues that the employer has a responsibility to

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