Poland in South Africa

The eleventh edition of the South Africa – Poland Heritage Conference took place on 24 November 2024 in Johannesburg entitled the "Commemoration of the 85th anniversary of the Russian invasion of Poland and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising".

A documental film "Edge of light" directed by Wojciech Szumowski was presented for the first time in South Africa. The film tells the story of the Olympian and world championship medallist Dariusz Popiela, who, together with a group of young Polish students, works to rebuild old, forgotten Jewish cemeteries in order to commemorate the memory of those murdered in the Holocaust.

The 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Polish Association in Cape Town was celebrated solemnly on 23 November 2024.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) in cooperation with its Foreign Trade Office (ZBH) in Johannesburg organized on 19-21 November 2024 a Polish national stand at the Automechanika trade fair in Johannesburg On. Five Polish companies took part in the aforementioned event: Stokota Sp. z o.o., CARLABIMMO, Novol, Tasotti and Kamoka Sp. z o.o. The stand was visited by a representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland.

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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.