<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_South_Africa" id="mwAXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of South Africa">Republic of South Africa</a> becomes a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic in the Commonwealth of Nations">republic in the Commonwealth of Nations</a>.<sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_1#cite_note-16" id="mwAXo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXs">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt89" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFCarlin1994">Carlin, John (1 June 1994). <a class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/south-africa-returns-to-the-commonwealth-fold-1419686.html" id="mwB-8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"South Africa returns to the Commonwealth fold"</a>. <i id="mwB_A">The Independent</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB_E">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB_I">31 May</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt89" class="Z3988" id="mwB_M" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Independent&amp;rft.atitle=South+Africa+returns+to+the+Commonwealth+fold&amp;rft.date=1994-06-01&amp;rft.aulast=Carlin&amp;rft.aufirst=John&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fsouth-africa-returns-to-the-commonwealth-fold-1419686.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+1"></span></span>