Expert Researcher

Johan Burger

About

Dr Johan Burger joined the ISS Tshwane (Pretoria office) in August 2006 as a Senior Researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme. He served in the South African Police Service for 36 years, the last 9 years as an Assistant Commissioner and Head of Operational Coordination at police head office in Pretoria. In May 2004 he took early retirement from the police to join the Tshwane University of Technology as a Senior Lecturer in Policing. Johan holds a B Iuris degree, BA (Hons) in Strategic Studies, MA (Strategic Studies) and a D Tech in Policing and has also completed a number of training / development courses both in South Africa and abroad. In 2011 he was appointed as a Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Police Practice at the University of South Africa.

Publications: 4
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3 September 2018

Violent Crime on Farms and Smallholdings in South Africa

Farm attacks and farm murders are a contentious topic in South Africa. Claims have been made that the criminal attacks on farms are a deliberate form of white – specifically Afrikaner – genocide. But are farm dwellers and particularly white Afrikaans f …

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1 January 2009

The Labour Market Chapter 2

“This paper has tried to demonstrate that COSATU remains extremely powerful and influential in South African society, particularly because of its close relationship with the ruling party, the ANC. This power and influence would be the envy of many a tr …

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1 June 2007

Have Pro-Poor Health Policies Improved the Targeting of Spending and the Effective Delivery of Health Care in South Africa?

Since 1994 there have been a number of radical changes in the public health care system in South Africa. Budgets have been reallocated, decision making was decentralised, the clinic network was expanded and user fees for primary health care were abolis …

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1 March 2006

Trends in Poverty and Inequality Since the Political Transition

Using a constructed data series and another data series based on the All Media and Products surveys (AMPS), this paper explores trends in poverty and income distribution over the post-transition period. To steer clear of an unduly optimistic conclusion …

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