NGOs and rural movements in contemporary South Africa

Abstract

This article provides a critical examination of relationships between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and rural movements in post-apartheid South Africa, particularly with regard to the possible subordination of movements to NGOs. In discussing NGOs as a particular organisational form, and in reviewing some arguments pertaining to NGOs and rural movements globally, I explore whether NGOs in South Africa have a progressive role to play in agrarian transformation.

Keywords:

• NGOs
• rural movements
• farm worker strikes
• Eastern Cape

Notes

1. Files held at ECARP offices, Grahamstown.