4 research outputs found
An Analysis of Punctuation Marks’ Usage: The Case of Written Text of Musi Comprehensive Students in Tenth Grade
No full textThis study analyses 49 English students’ use of punctuation marks in Musi Comprehensive, South Africa. The data is collected from fourth term, paper three exam scripts written by the students of Musi Comprehensive. In paper three, students are expected to write an essay, which is compulsory, and choose one from the following: letter (formal or informal), obituary, directions or diary. This study only focuses on their essay writing. The researcher only picked the scripts that are under 60%. The study uses qualitative method to analyse the data. The result of the research shows that 71% of the students made an error on punctuating capital letters, 43% of the students made an error on full stops, 41% made an error on apostrophe, 29% on Commas and 4% made an error on question mark. The result of the study also found that there are three types of punctuation errors made by the students of Musi Comprehensive, namely: Misuse, Omission and addition. There are punctuation marks that are misused 235 times, there are punctuation marks that omitted 92 times and there are punctuation marks that are unnecessary added 47 times. This study recommend that teachers focus more on punctuating sentences especially on capital letter. This calls for immediate action
Health spending, illicit financial flows and tax incentives in Malawi
No full textThis analysis examines the gaps in health care financing in Malawi and how foregone taxes could fill these gaps. It begins with an assessment of the disease burden and government health expenditure. Then it analyses the tax revenues foregone by the government of Malawi by two main routes • Illicit financial flows (IFF) from the country • Tax incentives. We find that there are significant financing gaps in the health sector; for example, government expenditure is United States Dollars (USD) 177 million for 2013/2014 while projected donor contribution in 2013/2014 is USD 207 million and the total cost for the minimal health package is USD 535 million. Thus the funding gap between the government budget for health and the required spending to provide the minimal package for 2013/2014 is USD 358 million. On the other hand we estimate that almost USD 400million is lost through IFF and corporate utilization of tax incentives each year. The revenues foregone plus the current government health spending would be sufficient to cover the minimal public health package for all Malawians and would help tackle Malawi’s disease burden. Every effort must be made, including improving transparency and revising laws, to curtail IFF and moderate tax incentives.Peer reviewe
The role of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the national liberation struggle in South Africa with reference to the rural far northern Transvaal, 1976-1990
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 250-275)
The effect of HIV and an Antiretroviral treatment programme on Tuberculosis transmission, incidence and prevalence in a South African Township
No full textThis doctoral work aimed to describe the epidemiology of TB in a high HIV and TB prevalent community from 1997 to 2008, and to assess the effect of HIV and a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) programme on the TB epidemic in this setting
