Poland in South Africa

Please be informed that the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Consular Section in Pretoria will be closed on June 4, and June 16, 2026 due to the public holidays.

Reportage Day, a meeting with the authors of the five best reportage books of 2025, will take place on Saturday, May 30th, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the National Stadium. The event is part of the International Book Fair.

Łukasz Pilip's reportage, "Izabela Dłużyk: The Bird Lady," has reached the finals of the prestigious True Story Award - one of the world's most important awards for literary reportage. The Polish reportage tells the story of Izabela Dłużyk - a blind translator, doctor of humanities, and documentarian of the sounds of nature.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria participated in the European Film Festival in Mbabane. This year's festival featured, among others, the Polish drama "The Birch Wood" (Brzezina) directed by Andrzej Wajda.

The opening of the exhibition "Sybir - Prison of Nations" took place on May 9, 2026 in Johannesburg. The exhibition, prepared by the Sybir Memorial Museum in Białystok, explores the history of Soviet deportations and the fate of the Siberian exiles.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria organized a ceremonial 3 May National Day celebration on 5 May 2026. Guests included numerous representatives of the Polish community in South Africa, representatives of the government and South African administration, and the diplomatic corps.

To commemorate the 235th anniversary of the adoption of the 3 May Constitution and the 32nd anniversary of the first democratic elections after apartheid and the introduction of the new constitution in South Africa (Freedom Day), the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria, in cooperation with the Holocaust and Genocide Centre in Cape Town, organized a concert of Polish classical music.

On the occasion of Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Katyn Massacre, Jacek Chodorowicz, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria, laid a wreath at the Katyn Monument in Johannesburg. The ceremony, which took place on April 12, 2026, was also attended by the Polish Consul, Robert Rusiecki, and representatives of Polish diaspora organizations.

Please be informed that the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Consular Section in Pretoria will be closed on May 1, 2026 due to the public holiday.

Effective 24th April 2026 (previously 16th April 2026), the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria. informs about the implementation of a new IT tool to facilitate the appointment registration process for persons submitting an application for a national visa through the online appointment registration system (www.e-konsulat.gov.pl). The new tool will include visual verification of the applicant's identity and of their identity document (video verification).