Poland in South Africa

In connection with the unabated threat of COVID-19 spread, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw decided on 10 March 2020 to suspend the business delegations of the foreign services employees in order to minimize the risk of illness.

The National Agency for Academic Exchange has announced recruitment for the POLONISTA 2020 Scholarship Program for students and researchers. A novelty in this year's edition of the Program is the possibility of submitting applications by scientists interested in the language, culture and history of Poland, as well as extending the offer for students with scholarships for full Polish second – cycle studies.

The grand opening of the Francophone Festival 2020 took place on 7 March 2020 in Pretoria, at the Crawford Secondary School.

The ninth edition of Maciej Płażyński Prize awarded for journalists and media serving Polish diaspora has been announced. Applications can be submitted by 12 March 2020.

The Institute of National Remembrance would like to encourage private persons, institutions and organizations to submit their nominations for the IPN’s Custodian of National Memory Prize. Nominations can be submitted until 22 March 2020.

A tri-partition of power into executive, legislative and judiciary branch in South Africa also has a territorial dimension: the seat of government is in the capital of Pretoria, the parliament in Cape Town and the supreme court in Bloemfontein.

On the occasion of the International Mother Language Day, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria participated in the project called "Multilingualism Challenge", which was organized by the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg in cooperation with a number of Embassies accredited in South Africa, Institutes of Culture, academic centers, EU delegation, and EUNIC (Association of European Union National Institutes of Culture).

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs that the consular duty in Cape Town, South Africa will take place on 13-14 March 2020.

Pursuant to Article 19(1) of the Act of 7 July 2017 on the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1582) Director of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange announces call for applications to the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Scholarship Programme – master studies.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs that the next consular duty will take place in Harare, Zimbabwe on 24 -25 February 2020.