Poland in South Africa

The exhibition "Żegota. Council for Aid to Jews" was opened on 26 March 2025. The exhibition was organized by the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria. The event was moderated by Tali Nates, director of JH&GC. The opening of the exhibition was featured by Holocaust Survivor Wanda Albinski, who was saved from the Warsaw Ghetto by "Żegota".

The Honorary Consulate in Durban was opened on 19 March 2025.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs that recruitment for the NAWA scholarship program “Polonista” is ongoing until April 4, 2025.

As part of the ongoing Polish Presidency of the EU Council, Poland’s top diplomat Radosław Sikorski represented the EU at the Ministerial Partnership Dialogue between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community. The event was held on 15 March in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Polish Investment and Trade Agency has launched a scholarship scheme addressed to representatives of the Polish diaspora aged 18 to 35. The agreement was signed by head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski on the MFA’s side and, on the Agency’s side, by Andrzej Dycha and Łukasz Gwiazdowski, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of its Management Board. The event was also attended by Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Henryka Mościcka-Dendys.

On 25 February 2025, the Senate hosted a conference named “Three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine,” organised by the National Defence Committee in cooperation with the Community of Democracies and attended by Undersecretary of State Anna Radwan-Röhrenschef.

The Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Pretoria kindly informs you about the consular outreach in Cape Town, which will take place on 15-17 March 2025.

On 24 February 2025, Poland’s top diplomat Radosław Sikorski took part in UN events organised in New York at three-year mark of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

The Medal of the Courier from Warsaw Award Gala took place on 19 February 2025 at 8:30 pm at the Warsaw Rising Museum.

Maximising support for Ukraine, maintaining current policies towards Russia and Belarus, as well as strengthening the European Union’s and its partners’ security and resilience are the priority areas for the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union as part of common foreign and security policy. Minister Radosław Sikorski outlined them at today’s session of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.