State-NGO Relations: Building Sustainable and Peaceful Linkages Between the State Institutions and NGOs Working in the Area of HIV and AIDS- A Case Study of Makoni District

Abstract

This paper focuses on the relations between the State and HIV and AIDS NGOs in Makoni District. The paper analyses the factors that influence such relations, with special cognisance of a background of the shifting political and economic dispensation in Zimbabwe. The investigation revealed that a plethora of factors determine the nature of relations between the state and Non Governmental Organisations, and these include the policy frameworks, the resource scarcity affecting many government departments as well as the political nature of Makoni District which is characterised by monolithic politicians who all belong to one political party.