AfriForum appoints Martin van Staden to Head New Institute for Federalism [SOUND]

# AfriForum has appointed legal expert Martin van Staden to head its newly established Institute for Federalism. The institute will focus on research and policy development around federalism, self-determination, decentralisation and community autonomy. Van Staden, who previously headed policy at the Free Market Foundation, will retain a senior advisory role there. AfriForum deputy CEO Werner Human says the appointment will strengthen the organisation’s research capacity and efforts to promote community-based governance as an alternative to centralisation: