The RadGridView is bound to DataView

Workaround: add row using the DataTable API:
private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DataRow row = m_dvMat.Table.NewRow();
     row["Active"] = true;
     row["Category"] = form.m_sString;
     m_dvMat.Table.Rows.Add(row);
}