In April 1939, an honorary consulate of Poland was founded in Salisbury, elevated to a Consulate-General in 1943, and closed in 1945.

[1] During World War II, Polish refugees escaping the Soviet Union, were admitted in Southern Rhodesia, mostly in Rusape and Marondera.

[2] After the war, in 1946, all Poles in Southern Rhodesia were relocated to Gatooma from other refugee camps.

[4] Bilateral relations between Poland and newly independent Zimbabwe were established in 1981.

A double tax avoidance treaty was signed in Harare in 1993.