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    Retention challenges of medical specialists and medical officers in the KwaZulu-Natal, Department of Health: the case of Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital.
    (2024) Mkhize, Hendrica Gugu.; Bob, Urmilla.
    In the Department of Health, the roles of medical specialists and medical officers are crucial in delivering of healthcare services. The Department needs to employ and retain these employees to fulfill the mission of providing the communities with quality health care. This study, therefore, investigates the retention challenges of medical specialists and medical officers in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health. The study used the case study of Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. A qualitative research design was employed in this study. A non-probability sampling was chosen, where open-ended questionnaires were designed for three categories of participants: medical supervisors, medical specialists and medical officers, and human resource practitioners. Each of these categories had a separate questionnaire. Fifty (50) questionnaires were distributed, but only 30 responses were received from the participants. The questionnaires aimed to find out if there were retention challenges and any strategies in place to resolve these challenges. The results of the study showed that there are retention challenges and a shortage of medical employees in the Department of Health. Some of the reasons for these shortages are economic and human resources challenges. This has a negative impact on service delivery as the current employees are overworked and the quality of care is compromised. Although there are strategies in place to retain medical employees as implemented by the Department of Health, the study showed that these strategies are not effective in retaining medical employees in the Department. Therefore, to address this, the study recommends that the management must review the current strategies and that salary reviews are crucial as most employees opt to work in the private sector.
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    The impact of irregular expenditure and non-compliance on the financial sustainability of the eThekwini Municipality.
    (2023) Mdluli, Brian Ayanda.; Pelser, Theunis Gert.; Dubihlela, Jobo.
    Municipal Financial Management Act No.56 of 2003 (MFMA) was passed by the National Treasury to ensure the effective management of municipal finances. The Act requires that municipalities should have sound and sustainable management of their financial affairs and establish measures to prevent irregular expenditure. However, there have been persistent irregular expenditure reports every year, which is an indication of non – compliance. The study's main aim is to investigate the impact of irregular expenditure and non-compliance on the financial sustainability of the eThekwini Municipality. The research addresses the following questions: ⮚ What is irregular expenditure in the eThekwini municipality as described by Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA)? ⮚ What is the implication of non-compliance with the Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA)? ⮚ Why has eThekwini municipality not implemented measures to keep irregular expenditure as low as possible? ⮚ What actions have been taken to decrease the growing number of irregular expenditures and corruption? Despite the MFMA's being passed into law, research shows that several legislative Acts related to municipal finance management are in place to guarantee better municipal budgeting and effective procedures for controlling spending. The literature was made up of books, journal articles, laws, and government policy documents. A qualitative research strategy provided the most effective tools to investigate the study topic. Interviews with 20 top officials who are important figures in the Municipality were scheduled to gather data. These officials included members of the provincial and local governments, and the auditor general. Data was analyzed using content analysis. According to the report, the eThekwini Municipality has become unstable because of the improper hiring of officials and a high rate of senior and experienced personnel turnover. Other difficulties were the Internal Audit unit's insufficient capacity and the absence of an independent audit committee to ensure a functional and effective Internal Audit unit and compliance with supply chain management principles. The report suggests that a highly competent Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Deputy City Manager of Trading Services, Head of Expenditure, and Internal Audit unit be appointed to improve governance. It also advises that an independent Audit Committee be established.
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    The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the taxi industry in South Africa.
    (2024) Moeng, Thabo Olehile Zacharia.; Mubangizi, Betty Claire.
    The overriding purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) on the South African Taxi Industry. The study draws on a statistical model that put into account the socioeconomic and/or sociodemographic framework of the taxi industry in the country. As such, the study adopted an explorative quantitatve research approach for collecting and analysing the collated data. The use of an explanatory research approach allows the researcher to provide an in-depth evaluation, investigation, understanding and insight analysis about the impact of the Covid-19 on the industry and the current state of the industry postpandemic. Consequently, a survey research design was used to enrolled 152 participants to participate in the study. The findings of this study demonstrated how the pandemic exposed the precarious working conditions faced by taxi drivers and taxi marshals. The phenomenon is not new, but for the first time in the speculation of this phenomenon, the current study was able to quantify the extend this phenomenon has on rank marshals and taxi drivers. For example, the descriptive analysis of this study revealed that most of the respondents (92.8%) reported that the taxi industry experienced loss of income during the heat of the pandemic. As for job insecurity being elevated during the pandemic, the results showed that (38.8%) of respondents were neutral about their responses, but (38.8%) were equally in agreement that it was elevated. Despite the descriptive results indicating that many of participants (71%) did not lose their jobs during the pandemic, the analysis revealed that the majority (57.2%) feared losing their businesses and/or jobs during the pandemic. In addition, there was agreement among most respondents (91.5%) that the pandemic resulted in a loss of taxi drivers and operators. Unfortunately, taxi owners and taxi drivers have a long history of exploitative labour arrangements in South Africa's minibus taxi industry, which seems to maximize profits at all costs for taxi owners at the detriment of the rank marshals who are at the lowest rank of the food chain followed by taxi drivers. A lack of formal work contracts was one of the primary reasons for this. Since minibus taxis operate in the informal sector and do not receive subsidies, it is not possible to implement subsidies within the industry without an accounting system.