{"id":414,"date":"2026-11-01T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/?page_id=414"},"modified":"2026-11-01T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:47:06","slug":"federalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/en\/federalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Federalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 > .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, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43{background-color:var(--kb-token--primitive--color--brand--primary);background-image:url('https:\/\/www.federalisme.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Website-Afri.png');background-size:cover;background-position:center center;background-attachment:scroll;background-repeat:no-repeat;}.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.01;background-color:var(--global-palette9, #ffffff);}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id414_4114a9-43 alignnone kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-layout-overlay kt-row-overlay-normal\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kt-inner-column-height-full kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column414_4a9808-b7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column414_4a9808-b7\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d\"]{margin-bottom:0px;font-size:50px;line-height:1.2;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;color:#ffffff;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d\"]{font-size:35px;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading414_2802ad-5d\"><strong>Federalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id414_ec18e1-b1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id414_ec18e1-b1 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id414_ec18e1-b1 > .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:75px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(75% - 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Openbare gesag behoort ook tot sy eie sfeer beperk te word, sodat dit nie die werklike gesag van die familie, kerk, skool, of onderneming \u2013 breedweg, die gemeenskap \u2013 absorbeer nie, of die vryheid van die individu bedreig nie, soos Dooyeweerd geargumenteer het. Federalisme, in hierdie siening, is nie bloot \u2019n territoriale verdeling van magte binne die formele apparaat van die staat nie, maar \u2019n verdediging van elke regmatige gesag teen die aanspraak dat een sentrale gesag voldoende is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hierdie voorkeur vir die Duits en Nederlands Gereformeerde denkers verwerp nie die Amerikaanse federalisme van James Madison nie, waaruit die Instituut ook vrylik put. Madison het getoon hoe openbare gesag onder regeringsvlakke verdeel kan word sodat die sentrum nie die samestellende dele kan absorbeer nie. Althusius vul Madison se denke aan met insigte oor die van-onder-na-bo konstitusie van die gemenebes self, deur konsensuele assosiasie eerder as deur \u2018n ontwerp wat van bo af opgel\u00ea word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Instituut beskryf die praktyk van hierdie federalisme as <em>gemeenskapsfederalisme<\/em>. Dit is die werk wat die Solidariteit Beweging en AfriForum, sy burgerregtegroep, in Suid-Afrika sedert die vroe\u00eb 2000\u2019s beoefen: die opbou van werklike gemeenskapsgesag wat sy eie verantwoordelikhede kan dra, eerder as \u2019n herrangskikking van magte binne die eenvoudige logika van die staat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFederalisme is deel van ons DNS. En met dit wat ons reeds doen, is ons besig om dit van onder af te bou.\u201d<br>\u2013 Kallie Kriel, Uitvoerende Hoof: AfriForum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dit beteken nie dat die konstitusionele federalisme van die staat irrelevant is vir die werk van die Instituut nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse staat is, volgens formele grondwetlike ontwerp, \u2019n federale republiek. Hierdie formele federalisme is die voorwaarde waardeur subsentrale regeringsvlakke oorspronklike grondwetlike gesag het, eerder as slegs gedelegeerde gesag vanaf die sentrum. Dit is \u2019n belangrike manifestering van federalisme wat die Instituut bestudeer, veral in die konteks van wydverspreide sentralisering en unitaristiese staatsbestuur.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column414_4f3366-ee > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column414_4f3366-ee\"><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:3\/4;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<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:3\/4;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<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:3\/4;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<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federalism Die AfriForum Instituut vir Federalisme verstaan federalisme hoofsaaklik in die Gereformeerde Christelike sin soos dit eers uitdruklik uiteengesit is deur Johannes Althusius, en later aangevul is deur Herman Dooyeweerd. 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