CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Birmingham to host 2022 Commonwealth Games after Durban stripped of event.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 25 October 1993, South Africa was invited to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations with effect from January 1994. The move came after prolonged promising talks on constitutional reform between the government, African National Congress(ANC) and other key liberation movements.

Detailed explanation-3: -While Commonwealth conferences were normally held biennially, this conference was held after an interval of only a year following the May 1960 conference due to disagreement over South Africa and whether the country should be removed from the Commonwealth due to its policy of racial segregation.