Table of Contents :

Skills Adequacy and Service Delivery among Healthcare Professionals at Umphumulo Public Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa
Mtshali L. Thabisile, Adeoye O. Akinola and Nokukhanya N. Jili 7

Do African Immigrants Contribute towards the Development of the South African Economy: A Literature Review
Victor H. Mlambo and Nduduzo C. Ndebele 25


Revealing “Threats” and “Enhancers” to Social Cohesion between African Immigrants and South Africans
Jonathan Oshupeng Maseng 41


Education, Economic Growth and Poverty Nexus in South Africa: A Trivariate Granger Causality Approach
Sekwaila Mokgadi Clentine and Rufaro Garidzirai 63


Investment in Selected Business Sectors as a Catalyst for South African Growth
Ncanywa T. and Ralarala O.S.O 77


Interrogating the Role of Parents in Promoting Improved Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education in Rural Day Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe
Lizias Kadziya and Clever Ndebele 97


A Debate on the Neoliberal Policies and Fiscal Crisis in Higher Education in South Africa
Nsizwazonke Yende and Edmore Ntini 121


Analysis of exogenous factors associated with enterprise performance in rural areas of Vhembe District, South Africa
Ishmael Obaeko Iwara, Jethro Zuwarimwe and Beata Kilonzo 145


Revisiting Community Engagement: Universities in the Paradoxical Context of Contemporary Scholarship in South Africa
John Ntshaupe Molepo and Joseph Mudau 163


Trade Balance, Investment and GDP Nexus: South Africa Revisited
Given Letlakane Mogoswane and and Sehludi Brian Molele 185

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