Poland in South Africa

Recruitment for the NAWA Polonista scholarship program is underway. The objective of the Programme is to promote Polish language in the world by enabling foreigners interested in Polish language and Polish culture to study or carry out research projects in Poland. The program is addressed to students of Polish philology, Polish studies or Polish programs implemented among others as part of Slavic studies (in the field of Polish language, Polish culture and knowledge about Poland) as well as to scientists from foreign universities and scientific institutions.

Easter address by Piotr Wawrzyk, Secretary of State at the MFA.

Please be informed that due to the Polish public holiday the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Consular Section in Pretoria will be closed on April 27, 2023, May 1, 2023 and May 3, 2023.

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) opens the call for applications for the next edition of the General Władysław Anders Scholarship Program for Polish Diaspora, thanks to whom Polish youth from all over the world can come to study in Poland.

The farewell meeting of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Kanthak with the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Naledi Pandor took place at the DIRCO headquarters in Pretoria on March 30, 2023.

The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa held a solemn farewell ceremony for the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Kanthak and the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Peter B. Wells, who are concluding their diplomatic mission in South Africa this month.

To celebrate the extraordinary life of Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Kosciuszko Heritage Inc. based in Sydney, together with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Canberra, Polish Kościuszko Foundation in Warsaw, the Raczyński Library in Poznań, the Kościuszko Mound Committee in Krakow and the Federation of Polish Organizations in New South Wales is proud to announce an international competition for the year 2023 in the categories of music, poetry and fine arts.

From March 31, 2023, new online passport service on the gov.pl portal will enable the submission of applications for a passport document for a child up to the age of 12.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs has launched a contest for the best foreign-language publication promoting Poland’s history and the best Polish-language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy released in 2022. Authors are invited to submit their books by 1 June 2023.

The Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs about the consular duty in Cape Town, which will take place from April 1, 2023 to April 3, 2023.