Tyanai Masiya
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tyanai Masiya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tyanai |
| FAMILY NAME | Masiya |
| SIGNATURE | MASIYA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0292-0674 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Systematic Review of the Barriers to the Adoption of Digital Tools Used to Support Democratic Participation in South Africa
This systematic review examined the barriers to the adoption of digital tools designed to facilitate citizens’ democratic participation in South Africa. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, the study systematically synthesised evidence from 48 studies and reports published between 2012 and 2025. The findings revealed that the effective adoption of digital tools is hindered by interc…
Barriers to informal social protection in Uganda
Purpose While the success of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) has been documented, little is known about the factors affecting their performance, particularly in Uganda. This study investigated the barriers to informal social protection interventions witnessed by beneficiaries of VSLAs in Kampala District and Alebtong District, Uganda. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a quantitative approach using a questionnaire survey…
Barriers to Digital Inclusion in Service Delivery in South Africa
Inderscience is a global company, a dynamic leading independent journal publisher disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas
Barriers to digital inclusion in service delivery in South Africa
This research explored the barriers to digital inclusion in service delivery in South Africa. It utilised the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and conducted a thorough search of various databases to identify pertinent literature that met the predetermined inclusion criteria. The study found that despite the profound benefits of digital inclusion in service delivery, existing challenges include…
An examination of the perception of variations in the adoption of the National Framework for Municipal Indigent Policies
Purpose: This study examined the variations in the adoption of the National Framework for Municipal Indigent Policies in different municipal categories across South Africa. The goal was to contribute towards the strengthening of the adoption of the National framework for municipal indigent across municipalities to ensure improved access to free basic services at the municipal level. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a qualitative resea…
Contribution of the informal sector towards sustainable livelihoods
Purpose This study aims to investigates the contribution of the informal sector towards secure livelihoods. Using a case study design, the study focusses on Mandela park, situated in Khayelitsha Township, Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Khayelitsha is predominantly an old township established by the apartheid government using unjust segregation laws to foster spatial planning that isolated people of colour in areas with i…
South African-Based African Migrants' Responses to Covid-19
Management of records at Statistics South Africa
In South Africa, government departments are under legislative obligations to adopt a systematic and organised approach to the management of records. This is because sound records management is fundamental for good governance and effective and efficient administration of government units. This article analyses records management trends at Statistics South Africa (StatsSA). Qualitative desktop research was used with key legislative and policy sourc…
BRIC Bilateral Direct Foreign Investment Relations with South Africa
This article explores the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) countries’ bilateral foreign investment relations with South Africa. It analyses investment patterns through the lens of the South African Foreign Investment Policy, and provides recommendations for the country to increase foreign investment from the BRIC. The article utilises a qualitative desktop approach, drawing from extensive literature review on BRICS’ foreign investment relations. …
Management of the Global Fund aid programme in Botswana
This paper examines the institutional management of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Botswana. We analyse the often contested roles of the state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as recipients of GFATM and partners in extending public health service provision to communities. Of importance is that Botswana's first GFATM grant had to be administratively closed, and the country was not awarded any other gran…
A Review of Spaces of Local Participation to Promote Service Delivery in South Africa
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local level \nwhich often results in poor service delivery and as a result, a rise in protests. South Africa has experienced a sharp \nincrease in service delivery protests in the last decade. One of the reasons advanced is that existing constitutional \nspaces of democracy do not seem to facilitate effective local participation. Consequently, there is a nee…
South Africa-BRIC-Sadc Trade Alliances and the South African Economy
The article discusses the implications of South Africa-Brazil Russia India China-Southern African Development Community (BRIC-SADC) trade alliances on South Africa’s economic growth. The analysis follows the periods in which South Africa is mired by fluctuating exchange rate and rising cost of living, as denoted by the rising consumer price index (CPI). In order to understand the implications, an autoregressive redistributive modelling (ARDL) was…
When the military become a security and political threat
The military poses an ongoing threat to modern democratic rule in some African countries, especially in the Zimbabwean context. This paper reveals the ways in which Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) generals have played a political role in the Zimbabwean elections, an issue which is both a political threat and a security threat to the state. It is argued that the ways in which ZNA generals engage in the political process goes against Section 208(2) of…
The security sector and the plunder of Zimbabwe’s Chiadzwa alluvial diamonds
While the human rights impact of the deployment of state security agencies in the Chiadzwa diamond fields has been explored, it is important to continue to expose the increasing tendency within the sector to take public resources that should be protected by the state and used for the benefit of the people and channel them for personal gain. The security sector stranglehold of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling political party, the Zimbabwe Af…
Social Movement Trade Unionism
This paper discusses the utilisation of social movement trade unionism by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in seeking to influence the government to pursue policies that improve the lives of workers in South Africa. Social movement unionism involves trade union movement struggles characterised by shop-floor participatory processes, broader socio-political struggles and trade union alliances with community and political organisa…
The security sector and the plunder of Zimbabwe’s Chiadzwa alluvial diamonds
While the human rights impact of the deployment of state security agencies in the Chiadzwa diamond fields has been explored, it is important to continue to expose the increasing tendency within the sector to take public resources that should be protected by the state and used for the benefit of the people and channel them for personal gain. The security sector stranglehold of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling political party, the Zimbabwe Af…
Social Movement Trade Unionism
This paper discusses the utilisation of social movement trade unionism by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in seeking to influence the government to pursue policies that improve the lives of workers in South Africa. Social movement unionism involves trade union movement struggles characterised by shop-floor participatory processes, broader socio-political struggles and trade union alliances with community and political organisa…
Contribution of the informal sector towards sustainable livelihoods
Purpose This study aims to investigates the contribution of the informal sector towards secure livelihoods. Using a case study design, the study focusses on Mandela park, situated in Khayelitsha Township, Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Khayelitsha is predominantly an old township established by the apartheid government using unjust segregation laws to foster spatial planning that isolated people of colour in areas with i…
Social Movement Trade Unionism
This paper discusses the utilisation of social movement trade unionism by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in seeking to influence the government to pursue policies that improve the lives of workers in South Africa. Social movement unionism involves trade union movement struggles characterised by shop-floor participatory processes, broader socio-political struggles and trade union alliances with community and political organisa…
The security sector and the plunder of Zimbabwe’s Chiadzwa alluvial diamonds
While the human rights impact of the deployment of state security agencies in the Chiadzwa diamond fields has been explored, it is important to continue to expose the increasing tendency within the sector to take public resources that should be protected by the state and used for the benefit of the people and channel them for personal gain. The security sector stranglehold of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling political party, the Zimbabwe Af…
When the military become a security and political threat
The military poses an ongoing threat to modern democratic rule in some African countries, especially in the Zimbabwean context. This paper reveals the ways in which Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) generals have played a political role in the Zimbabwean elections, an issue which is both a political threat and a security threat to the state. It is argued that the ways in which ZNA generals engage in the political process goes against Section 208(2) of…
South Africa-BRIC-Sadc Trade Alliances and the South African Economy
The article discusses the implications of South Africa-Brazil Russia India China-Southern African Development Community (BRIC-SADC) trade alliances on South Africa’s economic growth. The analysis follows the periods in which South Africa is mired by fluctuating exchange rate and rising cost of living, as denoted by the rising consumer price index (CPI). In order to understand the implications, an autoregressive redistributive modelling (ARDL) was…
Management of the Global Fund aid programme in Botswana
This paper examines the institutional management of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Botswana. We analyse the often contested roles of the state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as recipients of GFATM and partners in extending public health service provision to communities. Of importance is that Botswana's first GFATM grant had to be administratively closed, and the country was not awarded any other gran…
A Review of Spaces of Local Participation to Promote Service Delivery in South Africa
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local level \nwhich often results in poor service delivery and as a result, a rise in protests. South Africa has experienced a sharp \nincrease in service delivery protests in the last decade. One of the reasons advanced is that existing constitutional \nspaces of democracy do not seem to facilitate effective local participation. Consequently, there is a nee…
BRIC Bilateral Direct Foreign Investment Relations with South Africa
This article explores the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) countries’ bilateral foreign investment relations with South Africa. It analyses investment patterns through the lens of the South African Foreign Investment Policy, and provides recommendations for the country to increase foreign investment from the BRIC. The article utilises a qualitative desktop approach, drawing from extensive literature review on BRICS’ foreign investment relations. …
South African-Based African Migrants' Responses to Covid-19
Management of records at Statistics South Africa
In South Africa, government departments are under legislative obligations to adopt a systematic and organised approach to the management of records. This is because sound records management is fundamental for good governance and effective and efficient administration of government units. This article analyses records management trends at Statistics South Africa (StatsSA). Qualitative desktop research was used with key legislative and policy sourc…
Contribution of the informal sector towards sustainable livelihoods
Purpose This study aims to investigates the contribution of the informal sector towards secure livelihoods. Using a case study design, the study focusses on Mandela park, situated in Khayelitsha Township, Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Khayelitsha is predominantly an old township established by the apartheid government using unjust segregation laws to foster spatial planning that isolated people of colour in areas with i…
An examination of the perception of variations in the adoption of the National Framework for Municipal Indigent Policies
Purpose: This study examined the variations in the adoption of the National Framework for Municipal Indigent Policies in different municipal categories across South Africa. The goal was to contribute towards the strengthening of the adoption of the National framework for municipal indigent across municipalities to ensure improved access to free basic services at the municipal level. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a qualitative resea…
Barriers to Digital Inclusion in Service Delivery in South Africa
Inderscience is a global company, a dynamic leading independent journal publisher disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas
Barriers to digital inclusion in service delivery in South Africa
This research explored the barriers to digital inclusion in service delivery in South Africa. It utilised the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and conducted a thorough search of various databases to identify pertinent literature that met the predetermined inclusion criteria. The study found that despite the profound benefits of digital inclusion in service delivery, existing challenges include…
A Systematic Review of the Barriers to the Adoption of Digital Tools Used to Support Democratic Participation in South Africa
This systematic review examined the barriers to the adoption of digital tools designed to facilitate citizens’ democratic participation in South Africa. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, the study systematically synthesised evidence from 48 studies and reports published between 2012 and 2025. The findings revealed that the effective adoption of digital tools is hindered by interc…
Barriers to informal social protection in Uganda
Purpose While the success of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) has been documented, little is known about the factors affecting their performance, particularly in Uganda. This study investigated the barriers to informal social protection interventions witnessed by beneficiaries of VSLAs in Kampala District and Alebtong District, Uganda. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a quantitative approach using a questionnaire survey…
Business (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Service delivery framework (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)