Impact of Crime on Small Businesses Report 2008 - Gauteng Online

ENDNOTES1234567South Africa: An Assessment <strong>of</strong> the Investment Climate, World Bank, December 2005http://www1.worldbank.org/rped/documents/ICA008.pdfhttp://www.gt.co.zaNational Victims <strong>of</strong> <strong>Crime</strong> Survey South Africa, 2003Christopher Stone (2006) <strong>Crime</strong>, Justice, and Growth in South Africa: Toward aPlausible Contribution from Criminal Justice to Economic Growth, CID Working Paperno. 131, Center for International Development, Harvard University, p2.Libor Krkoska and Katrin Robeck, EBRD working paper: The impact <strong>of</strong> crime on theenterprise sector: Transition versus non-transition countries, July 2006,www.ebrd.org/pubs/econo/wp0097.pdfBusiness Report, 21 March 2007The final sample allowed for five percent white owned businesses. ‘Black-ownedbusinesses’ included businesses operated by coloured people, particularly in Cape Town.8 FinScope Small Business Survey Report, Gauteng 2006, Prepared for FinMark Trust andGauteng Enterprise Propeller, December 2006. The study assessed the degree <strong>of</strong>sophistication <strong>of</strong> small businesses operating in Gauteng, ranging from the informal streetvendors to more sophisticated and sustainable businesses. Eighty seven percent <strong>of</strong> smallbusinesses covered by the Finscope study were owned and run by black owners. Themajority <strong>of</strong> black owned businesses were in the informal sector.910111213141516"Enhancing Urban Safety and Security: Global Report on Human Settlements, UN-HABITAT, 2007Generation Next Survey Results, published in the Sunday Times, 27 May 2007Household and Business Satisfaction Surveys, 2006, study commissioned by theCorporate Planning Unit, City <strong>of</strong> Johannesburg, compiled by AA Lightelm and DHTustin, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Market Research UNISA, June 2006Sample size 441 - 5 respondents declined to categorise the area in which they operated.These figures are in line with the findings <strong>of</strong> the 2003 National Victims <strong>of</strong> <strong>Crime</strong>Survey, which found that 53% <strong>of</strong> South Africans believed that crime in their area <strong>of</strong>residence had increased in the past three years, 25% believed that crime levels hadstayed the same, and 21% said that crime in their area had decreased(www.iss.co.za/Monographs/No101/Chap4.htm)See Annex 1 for detailed comparative dataThis finding corresponds with the findings <strong>of</strong> the World Bank Investment Climate study,which found that, after controlling for size, ownership, and costs and losses associatedwith crime, firms in Cape Town were most likely to suffer losses from crime.Ken Pease, Repeat Victimisation: Taking Stock, <strong>Crime</strong> Detection and Prevention SeriesPaper 90, UK Home Office, 1998