ABSTRACT
Globalization and the continued interdependencies in the international arena have intensified the
growth and status of non-governmental organizations in the 21st century. Funded by great powers
these NGOs have taken part as the leading practitioners of development in Africa. However,
such measures are posing threats to the power and sovereignty of African governments, resulting
in these States’s obscurely reactions and labeling of NGOs as agents of imperialism. As a result,
the existence and survival of NGOs has become hard-edged in political sensitive States like
Zimbabwe. With special attention to peace-building NGOs, this dissertation therefore, explores
government-NGO relations and its effects on promotion of national healing, reconciliation and
peace-building in Zimbabwe. Thus, despite the harsh fabricated laws governing NGOs in
Zimbabwe, ZPRA Veterans Trust (formed by Ex-combatants), has seen the necessity and need
for peace-building in the country, based on the reality that people of Zimbabwe have been
abused by the political instabilities and crises wandering the country since colonization until
2008 elections, leaving grave traumas, conflicts and disunity among Zimbabweans. This research
therefore, seeks to reveal the unseen potential possessed by Ex-combatants that could make them
best agents of peace, through examining survival strategies of ZPRA Veterans Trust, its
challenges and most importantly the effectiveness of its programs.
MAFU, P (2021). AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING EX-COMBATANTS AS AGENTS OF PEACE: A CASE OF ZPRA VETERANS TRUST FROM 2009 TO 2014.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-the-effectiveness-of-using-ex-combatants-as-agents-of-peace-a-case-of-zpra-veterans-trust-from-2009-to-2014
MAFU, PHILASANDE "AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING EX-COMBATANTS AS AGENTS OF PEACE: A CASE OF ZPRA VETERANS TRUST FROM 2009 TO 2014." Afribary. Afribary, 04 May. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-the-effectiveness-of-using-ex-combatants-as-agents-of-peace-a-case-of-zpra-veterans-trust-from-2009-to-2014. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
MAFU, PHILASANDE . "AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING EX-COMBATANTS AS AGENTS OF PEACE: A CASE OF ZPRA VETERANS TRUST FROM 2009 TO 2014.". Afribary, Afribary, 04 May. 2021. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-the-effectiveness-of-using-ex-combatants-as-agents-of-peace-a-case-of-zpra-veterans-trust-from-2009-to-2014 >.
MAFU, PHILASANDE . "AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING EX-COMBATANTS AS AGENTS OF PEACE: A CASE OF ZPRA VETERANS TRUST FROM 2009 TO 2014." Afribary (2021). Accessed November 23, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/an-analysis-of-the-effectiveness-of-using-ex-combatants-as-agents-of-peace-a-case-of-zpra-veterans-trust-from-2009-to-2014