Matsolo, Mpho JoyceNingpuanyeh, Wilson ChialepehAppunni, Sathiya Susuman2018-02-152018-02-152018Matsolo, M.J. et al. (2018). Factors affecting the enrolment rate of students in Higher Education Institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 53(1): 64 - 800021-9096http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909616657369http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3492The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyse higher education institutions' enrolment and drop-out rates within the Gauteng province, South Africa. Large-scale secondary data from the General Household Survey, obtained from Statistics South Africa (2012) were used. This study's findings show that finance, orphan-hood, transport to the higher education institutions and, to a lesser extent, unplanned pregnancies, are some of the main factors that affect the enrolment rate of students. This study hopes to be useful to policy-makers, research managers and other decision-makers within the higher education (HE) landscape.enThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909616657369FinanceRaceGenderDrop-out rateChild labourGautengSouth AfricaArticle