News24 reports that University of Cape Town (UCT) staff have had to renegotiate their salary increases for 2016 following last year’s decision not to increase university fees due to the #FeesMustFall campaign.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), says the formation of a new workers’ party is still on course.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that two recent Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgments have shone the spotlight on the persistent problem of labour courts being asked to review arbitration proceedings only to find that records have gone missing.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that labour federation Cosatu has said its meeting with ANC leaders over new retirement fund laws failed to achieve anything and that it will push ahead with a campaign to have the legislation repealed.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Statistics SA announced on Wednesday that consumer price inflation (CPI) year-on-year increased to 5.2% in December 2015.   Source: Latest News

ANN7 reports that Braamfontein in Johannesburg turned into a mini battleground yesterday as the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) moved in aggressively to forcibly shut down bogus colleges.   Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that Kumba Iron Ore has told the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) it will issue lay-off notices this year at its Sishen mine if low prices for its product persist.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Wednesday, 20 January 2016. Source: Latest News

Business Report writes that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) says it will embark on a two day socio-economic strike over controversial new retirement fund reforms.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 19 January 2016. Source: Latest News