Poland in South Africa

The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) Winter Symphony Season commenced on 1 of June. This year, the Season features a wide range of international soloists and conductors, one of whom is the internationally renowned Polish conductor Anna Sułkowska-Migoń.

Please be informed that due to the public holidays the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Consular Section in Pretoria will be closed on June 8, 2023 and June 16, 2023.

The Foreign Trade Office of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency based in Johannesburg invites you to take part in a webinar dedicated to the Polish automotive industry, which will take place on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, from 10:00 to 11:15 (SAST).

The largest agricultural fair in Sub-Saharan Africa - NAMPO Harvest Day - took place in Bothaville, South Africa on 16 - 19 May 2023. This event is intended primarily for farmers and livestock breeders, distributors of agricultural machinery and food processing machinery, fertilizer distributors and tractor manufacturers. Representatives of the state administration of many countries also participated in the fair. Annually organized fairs attract over 80,000 exhibitors and visitors.

The Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs about the consular outreach in Durban which will take place on the 10th and 11th of June 2023.

The Delegation of the European Union in Lusaka, in cooperation with the EU Member States, organized the European Film Festival in Zambia. The European Film Festival is one of the most important cultural events in Zambia and is always very popular. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria took part in this prestigious event for the first time. Eight EU countries: the Czech Republic, Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Italy took part in this year's edition of the festival.

Europe Day - a celebration of peace and unity - is organized annually in South Africa by the Member States of the European Union and the EU Delegation in Pretoria. On 9 May we commemorate the anniversary of the historic Schuman Declaration in 1950, in which French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his vision for a new form of political cooperation in Europe that would make war between European nations unthinkable. The Schuman Plan is considered to be the nucleus of what the European Union is today.

The Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs about the consular outreach in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), which will take place on the 27th of May 2023.

We invite you to read the article by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, entitled "Constitution of Polish Freedom" published jointly with the Polish monthly "Wszystko co Najważniejsze" in a historical project with the Institute of National Remembrance and the Polish National Foundation.

In April 1943, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover, the Germans occupying the Polish capital surrounded the Warsaw Ghetto – the Jewish quarter they had created – in preparation for its final liquidation. On 19 April, the German police and SS auxiliary forces entered the ghetto to complete the extermination.