{"id":413,"date":"2026-11-01T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2026-11-01T15:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:46:55","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id413_facef4-be > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id413_facef4-be > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id413_facef4-be > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:76px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die <strong>AfriForum Instituut vir Federalisme (AIF)<\/strong> is in November 2026 gestig as die dinktenk van die burgerregteorganisasie AfriForum, en skakel AfriForum Navorsing (gestig in 2016) by hom in. 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><strong>Dr Martin van Staden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Hoof van die Instituut&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{box-shadow:0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column413_98ee4c-c9\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><strong>Werner Human<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Hoofstrateeg van die Instituut<br><em>Adjunk-Uitvoerende Hoof van AfriForum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{box-shadow:0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column413_ebb4b3-6f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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1024px){.kadence-column413_b360f5-df > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column413_b360f5-df > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column413_b360f5-df\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/elementor-placeholder-image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><strong>Johan Nortj\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Navorser<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us Die AfriForum Instituut vir Federalisme (AIF) is in November 2026 gestig as die dinktenk van die burgerregteorganisasie AfriForum, en skakel AfriForum Navorsing (gestig in 2016) by hom in. AfriForum self is in 2006 gestig. Die AIF streef daarna om Suid-Afrika se leidende sentrum vir navorsing en denke oor federalisme in die algemeen en&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Wian","author_link":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/author\/wianviljoen\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}