Penderis, SharonMgoqi, Nyameko ConfidenceInstitute for Social DevelopmentFaculty of Arts2013-06-282024-11-052007/04/172007/04/172013-06-282024-11-052005https://hdl.handle.net/10566/17363Magister Artium - MAThis study was aimed at analysing structural relations between the State and the non-governmental organizations (NGO) sector. It focused on the relations between two NGOs, namely the Labour Research Service and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa on the one hand and the National Development Agency on the other. The National Development Agency is a State intermediary structure established to facilitate funding and policy dialogue between the State and the NGO sector. The three institutions have been included in order to analyse the way in which a state-designed institution relates with NGOs and in turn the NGOs responded in general.enNon-governmental organizationsSouth AfricaGovernment policyNonprofit organizationsEconomic conditions 1994-ThesisUniversity of the Western Cape