Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Wednesday, 23 March 2016. Source: Latest News

In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Tuesday, 22 March 2016. Source: Latest News

Sowetan reports that hundreds of SABC employees are to face the music for defrauding the public broadcaster’s medical aid scheme of thousands of rands using dodgy health practitioners over a number of years.   Source: Latest News

The New Age reports that the families of the three miners trapped in a container underground at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga have started leaving the mine and are going back to their homes.   Source: Latest News

The New Age writes that a pungent smell from litter strewn around the Johannesburg CBD has left residents fearing a disease outbreak if the Pikitup strike persists.   Source: Latest News

DispatchLive writes that power squabbles within the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) have left thousands of workers confused.   Source: Latest News

The New Age reports that the visit of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to Lily Mine in Mpumalanga was cut short as mine management refused the union entry into the site of the mining disaster.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that consumer inflation (CPI) rose significantly last month compared with a year ago, mainly due to higher food, fuel and medical insurance prices.   Source: Latest News

M&G reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is on the wrong end of an unfair dismissal case after its former spokesperson, Castro Ngobese, claimed he was sacked even though he wasn’t in the wrong.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) has called for the Metrorail regional manager in the Western Cape to be removed from office, saying he is unqualified and incompetent.   Source: Latest News