Poland in South Africa

June 14, 2021 saw the meeting of the Qualification Committee of the 2nd Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music. Ten pianists and twenty chamber music ensembles from Poland and six other countries qualified for the Competition.

Civil unrest is following anti-monarchy protests in eSwatini. It includes the burning and looting of stores, cars and businesses. Shops, banks and schools are closing. Curfew has been imposed from 6 p.m. until 5 a.m. Airlink flights between Johannesburg and Sikhuphe’s King Mswati III International Airport have been cancelled. Polish Embassy is urging all citizens to avoid major roads and remain home.

The validity period of South African visas which expired during the lockdown period was extended to 30 September 2021 for short-term visas (issued for a period not longer than 90 day) and longer-term temporary visas (from three months to three years).

The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre organized a webinar with the participation of Jakub Nowakowski, director of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, and Dariusz Popiela, president of the “Centrum Foundation Rodziny Popiela” and a social activist.

Poland will use the time after the pandemic to refashion its economic and social system so that it is more crisis-proof and equitable, setting the country on a new path of development.

Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria would like to kindly inform you that in connection with the emerging signals about fraud information about the visa procedure being spread, we kindly remind that the only practised form of communication between the Consular Section and applicants or clients of the office is the official e-mail address of the office: konsulat.pretoria@msz.gov.pl or Consular Section workers e-mails.

The Institute of National Remembrance, the City of Kielce authorities and the KL Sachsenhausen Museum and Memorial Site are organizing an on-line conference entitled "Polish prisoners of KL Sachsenhausen. Commemoration of General Bolesław Roja” on 16 June 2021 at 4:00 p.m. on IPNtv The conference can be viewed in English, German and Polish

We know the guests of the Golden Pointe Shoes 2021 Online Gala. Which participant will be the winner? This year, the amazing dance show will be available on 18–20 June across the whole world. The Competition will gather 23 participants from Albania, Spain. Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Italy and USA.

The Polish Sports Meetings were traditionally held in Pretoria on June 13, 2021. The event is invariably very popular among the representatives of the Polish community living in the Gauteng province.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria, based in Pretoria, Amos Street 14, announces a tender for the sale of a company car of the TOYOTA Fortuner 4.0 brand on an „as-is” and „where-is” basis: