South Africa was prevented from continuing as a member after it became a republic in 1961, due to hostility from many members, particularly those in Africa and Asia as well as Canada, to its policy of apartheid.
ЮАР лишилась членства после провозглашения республики в 1961 году в связи с неприятием многими членами Содружества — странами Азии, Африки и Канадой — политики апартеида, проводившейся ЮАР.