Modimowabarwa Hendrick Kanyane completed B. Admin, B. Admin (Hons) and M. Admin, dissertation entitled “Corruption in South Africa” at University of the North, now Limpopo. He later completed Doctor Administrationis with University of Pretoria; thesis entitled “Conflict of interest in South Africa”. Further, he completed his post graduate studies as a result of local and international support. Prof. Kanyane held the position of lecturer and Head of Masters of Public Administration Programme at University of Limpopo for more than eleven years. He later joined University of Fort Hare as Associate Professor of Public Administration. He serves in various boards and committees in the academia and government. In the main, Prof. Kanyane is a reputable traditional scholar of Public Administration and has seasoned expertise in research, publication and consulting in the areas of ethics, public policy, public sector finance, governance, local government, amongst others. He published extensively to his credit and has traveled globally in the pursuit of academic excellence and best practices.

Conceptualizing and contextualizing corruption

The enormity and notoriety of corruption

The ethical question of the revolving door

Leadership ethics and professionalism

Prof Kanyane has full grasp of the subject through research and publication for a period of ten years, part of the research is informed by the masters and doctoral research conducted on issues of corruption and accountability. He has spoken to high level audiences locally, regionally and internationally on critical issues of public policy, ethics, governance and service delivery.

The issue of corruption is perilous and poses serious moral, political and economic challenges for the world and thus has potential to explode as a time bomb if not brought to a resolve. Individuals, business executives, politicians, community leaders and academics will benefit from this presentation as it directly and indirectly affects their day to day operations, and others are already victims of this ethical trouble.

The speech will tackle head on, issues of the concept and context of corruption underpinned by public service ethics and accountability. It will also raise the controversial ethical question of the revolving door and the transparency international indexes. The speech will conclude by trying to introduce the ethical integrated model and elements of leadership ethics & professionalism as antidotes of corruption problem.

At the end of the day, the participant’s awareness of the dynamic nature of corruption will be raised to learn tactics and strategies as to how to be in position to fight and prevent corruption from recurring, for prevention is better than cure.

The audience will take home, the toolkit which will serve as a base to interrogate and populate the message to broader audience and other stakeholders in order to clamp down the scourge of corruption.

Toolkit and networks

The organization will be recharged to respond to ethical issues maturely and responsibly.