Poland in South Africa

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We are pleased to announce that the Polish Language Development Institute has announced a scholarship competition aimed at supporting activities aimed at popularizing the Polish language and Polish culture abroad.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria commemorated Foreign Service Day on 16 November 2024. Consul Robert Rusiecki laid a wreath at the grave of Polish diplomat Stanisław Łepkowski.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a competition "Polish community infrastructure 2025".

The Polish documentary film “Against the Sands of Time” directed by Marcin Jamkowski and Konstanty Kulik was presented in Johannesburg at the initiative of the Warsaw Flights Commemoration Organising Committee, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria.

On November 11, 2024, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria organized the exhibition “On the Geology Trail” in Pretoria, presenting Polish geological and natural heritage, as well as extraordinary Polish landscapes created as a result of geological processes.

On 11 November 2024, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria organized a ceremony to mark Independence Day. Among the invited guests were representatives of South African government institutions, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), heads and members of the local diplomatic corps, South African media, representatives of think tanks, non-governmental and social organizations, academic, business and clergy communities, as well as the Polish diaspora.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria, in cooperation with the Pretoria Boys High School, organized a lecture on "Poland - Central Europe - global politics and relations with Africa” on 11 October 2024.

A classical music concert entitled "Chopin and the Romantics" was held on 9 November 2024 in Cape Town, along with an exhibition dedicated to Fryderyk Chopin.

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 16th November 2024.