South africa's relatively poor performance in attracting FDI is,in fact,worse than these figure suggest. Recent FDI data has been artificially inflated by the investment of former South african multinational corporations that are now domiciled in the united Kingdom. The amount of this FDI is estimated to be significants. Its extent is reflected in the fact that UK firms are now responsible for a massive 75 percent of all foreign investment in south africa. Anglo Americans' direct investments alone are thought to constitute about 16 percent of south africa's total FDI