Browsing by Author "Du Toit, Christine"

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    A comparative study of tax incentives available for small businesses in South Africa, Australia and Canada
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03) Du Toit, Christine; Van Schalkwyk, C. J.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Accountancy.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The comparative study of tax incentive legislation in South Africa, Australia and Canada for small businesses confirmed that tax incentives in South Africa are on par with those of said developed countries. The study compared tax incentives for income tax, capital gains tax and sales tax after the operation of the specific taxes was researched and the tax incentives identified. It is concluded in the study that there are tax incentives legislated in Australia and Canada that may enhance current South African tax incentives or which may be introduced as new tax incentives. These incentives may facilitate and stimulate economic growth and development in the country.
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    Mothers' experiences of caring for a child with severe brain injury in a disadvantaged community in the Cape Flats
    (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2013-06) Du Toit, Christine; Coetzee, Zelda; Beeton, Hilary
    Health professionals have a limited understanding of the experiences of mothers caring for a child with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a context of disadvantage. This may be due to the dearth of qualitative research on this topic in the South African context. This phenomenological study aimed to explore and describe the lived experiences of four mothers caring for their children with severe TBI in disadvantaged communities in the Cape Flats. Their lived experiences were described in terms of lived space, lived body, lived social relationships and lived time. Two in-depth interviews were done with each of the four mothers. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed inductively. Three themes which emerged from the analysis were: “personal burden of care”, “living a different life with a different child” and “holding onto faith and hope”. The findings highlighted that caring for a child with TBI changed the mothers’ circumstances in such a way that they had no time for themselves, because caring for and worrying about their children consumed their whole day. They also experienced increased financial burden as they resigned from their employment to care for their children fulltime. They had to change their parenting style as the children had different needs than before the TBI. The mothers also identified many needs of their own, including the need for meaningful occupations and support. However, they remained optimistic and experienced a stronger faith in God. The findings stressed the need for intervention with these mothers to prevent a decline in their well-being.
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    The use of temporal context in the generation of strings
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-03) Du Toit, Christine; Van der Walt, A. P. J.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grammars with regulated rewriting are used to restrict the application of contextfree productions in order to avoid certain derivations. This enables these grammars to generate both context-free and non-context-free languages using only production rules with a context-free format. These grammars are more powerful than contextfree grammars, but usually not as powerful as context-sensitive grammars. Various grammars with regulated rewriting have been developed and some will be discussed in this thesis. Propositional linear temporal logic is a formal system used to describe truth values of propositions over time. This is done by defining a timeline together with a set of propositions. It is then possible to construct temporal logic formulae, consisting of these propositions and temporal operators, to specify the truth values of the propositions for every step in the timeline. In this thesis we define and discuss temporal grammars that combine grammars with propositionallinear temporal logic. Since a derivation can be associated with a timeline, a regulating device can be constructed from temporal logic formulae, that will control the application of productions within the derivation. The discussion on temporal grammars includes some of the properties of these grammars, while many ideas are illustrated by examples.