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South Africa
Trivia
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The Republic of South Africa joined the Commonwealth in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster. Having left in 1961 it re-joined in 1994.
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South Africa comprises of nine provinces and borders five other countries and encloses Lesotho within it's own land area. It also has the Atlantic and Indian oceans as sea borders. See map of South Africa.
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Making their debut in the 1930 Games South Africa has enjoyed uniterrupted participation since the 1994 Games which were held in Victoria. Prior to these Games they had participated from 1930-38 and 1950-58 with the Manchester edition of the Games yielding 46 medals.
