The R1,5-million raised after the Workers' Day bus disaster is not to pay for the victims' mass funeral, a Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesman said. Other sponsors were being sought for this, said Fusi Nchabeng from Cosatu in the Free State. The trust fund would be distributed after the funeral among the victims' families.

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Teachers in the Central African Republic (CAR), represented by an umbrella union, agreed last Friday to end their seven-month nationwide strike, according to news organisations.

Since it was first held in 1996, Adult Learners Week has become the highlight of the adult education calendar in South Africa. Adult Learning Week aspires to highlight innovative programmes and celebrate adult learning in all its diversity. It aims to promote a culture of lifelong learning amongst all South Africans.