South Africa, though, was not kicked out. Verweord, tired of the British criticisms of Apartheid, initiated a referendum, asking if South Africa should cease being a constitutional monarchy and should become a republic. The response was 52% "yes". Due to this change to Republic, South Africa was required to re-apply for admission to the Commonwealth. They knew that their application would be blocked by the African and Asian state members of the Commonwealth, so they never reapplied.
The actual process for becoming a republic (eliminating the queen as head of state) was relatively straight forward and didn't really require any 'permission' from the Queen, as far as I can see. I imagine there are other examples of this from Asia or perhaps even within Africa.
Not really the best example.
A better example is India, but then again, the process of independence was approved by the King and Whitehall as part of decolonialisation. It's one thing to declare independence, quite another for the monarch to relinquish their authority voluntarily.
I'm surprised there wasn't more violence in South Africa given the plebescite. 52 percent is hardly a mandate.
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