Poland in South Africa

The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, in cooperation with the Embassies of Israel, Poland and Ukraine, organized an extremely interesting and important conference on the traumatic and destructive impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine on the human psyche. An international group of psychologists and social policy experts discussed the impact of the war on Ukrainian civilians and refugees in terms of psychological adaptation, as well as clinical and social initiatives to heal and build resilience among war victims.

The outbreak of the Second World War, which began on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by the Nazi Third Reich, is one of the events annually commemorated throughout Europe. However, 17 September 1939, the date of the Soviet Union’s aggression against Poland, is not as widely known in the West. Therefore I believe this event needs to be remembered as it not only decided the fate of my Homeland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, but it did so for the whole of the next half-century. If today we, Poles, and other peoples of our region, repeat that we know Russia and understand its imperial ambitions better than the West, we do so because of our historical experience symbolized by 17 September.

The Polish School at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria cordially invites you to attend the school in the 2022/23 academic year. Classes will start on September 17, at 8.00 a.m.

The Organizing Committee of "Warsaw Flights" in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria commemorated the heroism of the South African Air Force and Allied airmen who participated in the military missions to support the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria, in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Pretoria, organized on August 27, 2022 an exhibition entitled "Mom I don't want war" prepared as part of the Polish-Ukrainian project of the State Archives and Mom I See a War Initiative.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland organized a business meeting "Polish Business Brunch" in Johannesburg. The event was a continuation of promotional activities undertaken during the Africa's Big 7 agri-food fair in Johannesburg, on June 19-21, 2022. The meeting took place in the form of a business brunch, preceded by speeches by the organizers, in a formula enabling the establishment or development of previously established Africa's Big 7 economic contacts (networking).

The Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs you about the consular duty in Cape Town, which will take place on 09.09.2022 – 11.09.2022.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria regrets to announce that Mr. Jerzy Sadowski, a well-known and respected Polish community activist, long-term president of the Polish Diaspora Union in Pretoria, one of the founders of the Polish Heritage Foundation in South Africa, died at the age of 86 on August 10, 2022. Father and grandfather. Colleague and friend. Patriot, friend of Poland and Poles.

In the Monday edition of the “Rzeczpospolita” daily, Zbigniew Rau, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, published a text entitled "Union of equals". We kindly invite you to read the content of the article.

To commemorate 23 August, the European Day for Remembrance of Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, on behalf of the Polish Association of Siberian Deportees in Africa, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria, we warmly invite you to a screening of “Once My Mother” documentary on Tuesday 23 August 2022 at 7pm at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.