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A qualitative enquiry was carried out by administering 5 interview questions to residents of Tembisa in Gauteng Province, South Africa to determine factors that are responsible for the non-payment of municipal service fees. The enquiry was part of a survey in which information was gathered from 544 residents of various townships in Gauteng Province. Saturation was attained after conducting individual in-depth interviews with 12 participants. The enquiry found that the underlying causes of nonpayment were poor motivation, a lengthy time taken for resolving accountrelated enquiries (longer than 5 working days), and a short duration of residence in Ekurhuleni (10 years or less). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract This research article examines factors that influence the long-term survival and viability of a random sample of 500 micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) located in five geographical regions [...]

The newly elected South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, set an ambitious objective to attract US$100 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for South Africa's sustainable socio-economic development. This paper determines differential factors that influence the flow of FDI into South Africa. The objective of this study is to assess factors that affect the flow of FDI into South Africa. Data analysis is performed from the 217 foreign exchange practitioners, registered and working at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa by performing both ordered logit and Bayesian analyses. Our results showed that the following are the most important FDI determinants factors: (1) the provision of economic incentives; (2) trade regulation and policies; and (3) high expectations of economic return on investments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study conducted by Liu, Bellibas and Gumus (2021) has identified good leadership and good organisational culture as key mediating factors of job satisfaction and productivity in service delivery institutions. The study was conducted to identify influential determinants of job satisfaction in the City of Tshwane based on data gathered from 149 employees of the Emergency and Rescue Services Department of the City of Tshwane. A composite index developed by Hair Jr, Howard and Nitzl (2020) was used for measuring job satisfaction. The study found that about 77% of employees were satisfied with their jobs while 23% of them were not satisfied with their jobs. Job satisfaction was influenced by the extent of support provided to employees by their line function mangers, opportunity to work on a variety of tasks, and expression of appreciation for tasks very well done by line function managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]