Prof. Barwa Hendrik Kanyane
Professor Modimowabarwa Kanyane is an Acting Strategic Lead of the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State at the Human Sciences Research Council. He is also Professor Extraordinaire at the Tshwane University of Technology and Adjunct Professor at the University of Fort Hare. He holds Doctor of Administration degree from the University of Pretoria and a Certificate in International Economic and Financial Negotiations from International Institute of Public Administration in France. His area of interest includes public administration, political and economic governance, local government, intergovernmental relations, ethics and accountability and smart rural village and rural development.
Experience and special projects: He established himself over years as a renowned scholar and researcher in various areas of Public administration including ethics and accountability, local government, development and intergovernmental relations. He supervised 68 masters? dissertations and PhD theses to successful completion. He participated in over 100 local and international activities, presented papers, keynote addresses and chaired sessions, facilitated training and led large-scale social science research which culminated into high impact publications. During the past decade he has mostly conducted his research local government, political and economic governance in BRICS countries, smart rural village and rural development as well as ethics and accountability.
As a governance expert, in particular, his research has focused on political and economic governance. Prof Kanyane has outstanding analytic and writing skills adapted to fourth Industrial revolution. Given his research experience and exposure in research and scholarship, Prof Kanyane is a recipient of the two HSRC Senior Research Excellence awards and a member of the Council of the University of Mpumalanga as well as a Chair of the BRICS Political and Economic Governance Cluster of the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT).
Publications: Professor Kanyane has published 30 scientific articles in both local and international peer-reviewed academic journals including books, book chapters and policy briefs, 30 non-peer reviewed publications and 22 research reports. He is currently a volume editor ?When officials and politicians behave badly - issues, cases and interventions? and one of the editors of the volumes ?Paradise lost: Race and racism in post-apartheid South Africa?, ?Culture and rural-urban revitalization in South Africa? and ?A call for action: A reflection on the tenets of Public Administration?.
Synthesis evaluation of State Capacity - Focus on DGs & HoDs
The system under which DG's and HoD's operate including but not limited to leadership, skills, configuration, processes and functioning, employment co....
Assessment of the implementation and enforcement of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC)
Development of rating metrics / scorecard to objectively assess South Africa's compliance with Articles 5, 6, 8 and 10 of the AUCPCC design and imple....
A Synthesis Evaluation Study of New District Co-ordination Model
The scope and aim of the study are presented herein as follows: Conduct a desktop and empirical study on the practical workings of the DDM to determi....
South African Cities Network
The objective of this project is to identify indicators to measure and assess urban governance in South African cities. The first task is a literatu....
Generating economic development from renewable energy: A city-level comparison of China and South Africa
The Project aims to generate new knowledge that will assist cities in South Africa and China to increase local economic development benefits transitio....
The Development of Local Government Service Standardsfor Municipalities
The purpose of the project is to develop a comprehensive set of service standards for municipalities informed and aligned to legislation and related s....
Understanding Violence Xenophobia between South african Nationals and African Immigrants and the Policy Response in Gauteng Province
The proposed study will provide an assessment of the policy and institutional framework for preventing the reoccurrence of violence against immigrants....
Public Officials Skills and Capacity Audit
The purpose of the project is to conduct a skills and capacity audit to understand the capacity realities and support requirements of entry, mid and s....
Technical Support for 25 year Review: Local Government
To peer-review the research report and provide feedback to DPME with pointers for strengthening content....
Exploring Governance and Ethics Architecture of BRICS Countries: Book Project
To publish a book of the seminal ethics and governance proceedings with Unisa Press....
Damage to Property, Intimidation, Threats, Harm and Killings of Councillors, Municipal Officials, Senior Municipal Managers and Members of the Ward Committees
The purpose of the study is to develop a historical database for the period of 2000 to 2018 that looks at,1) the killing of Councillors, senior munici....
Development of a Consequences and Accountability Framework for Municipalities in South Africa
The aim of the project is for development of a local government consequences and accountability framework and/or implementation Support Framework with....
BRICS Academic Cluster:Political and Economic Governance
The BRICS Cluster Team will organise and host a workshop in preparation for the 2018 academic forum....
A Survey on the State of youth in Gauteng
The objective of the project is to conduct a survey on the state of youth in Gauteng which specifically addresses the issues which are not only issues....
A Review of the Implementation and Impact of Learning Interventions
There are successes and challenges in implementing learning interventions which the LGSETA needs to evaluate and assess their impact in order to iden....
Review of the Mid-term Treport
Review and edit of report....
Corruption, Governance & Ethics
The NIHSS awarded the HSRC seed funding to augment the research proposal on Corruption, Governance & Ethics and broaden it into a larger theme by expa....
Secondment agreement in respect of employees of the human science research council to the presidential remuneration review commission (PRRC)
Lead and coordinate the research unit performance, managing research of the performance , managing strategic relations regarding research and data sou....
Research for the Gauteng Transformation Policy on Vulnerable and Designated Groups
The policy on mainstreaming of designated/vulnerable groups is aimed at creating an enabling environment to facilitate the full development of targete....
Repositioning Local Government
The Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery (DGSD) Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) together with the research part....
State of Youth in Gauteng
The purpose of the study is to conduct a desktop literature review and assessment of the state of youth in Gauteng to enable the Office of the Premier....
LGSETA- Local Government Sector Education & Training Authority
To develop a concept document on the challenges facing the AET in the local government with emphasis on municipalities. To provide a detailed analys....
Implementation of the Evaluation of the Integrated Justice System (IJS)
The study includes an analysis of challenges that the IJS has faced, and expects to face in its future execution of its mandate. This analysis will le....
Governance Index Implementation Plan
The HSRC seeks to develop a Good Governance Index for South Africa that would operate as a policy monitoring instrument and a tool for generating evid....
Assessment of the Impact of the Decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal
The overall aim of the research project is to assess the impact of the two highest courts, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal on....
Cities Support Programme
Background: The CSP is an initiative of National Treasury in collaboration with key government departments to address spatial inequalities and dev....
Comprehensive Regulatory Framework: Policies and Procedures for the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN)
The aim of the project is to create a comprehensive, integrated regulatory framework for every facet of the Bafokeng institutional environment through....
Ad- Hoc Assignments:vuwani
Vuwani - R250 000 (July - Nov)....