The main function of the Federation of South African Societies of Pathology is to oversee the organizing of the annual Pathology Congress of the Federation. As a non profit organization, the surplus made at these events are provided to the daughter Societies solely for the purpose of inviting guest speakers to the following congress. In this way South African Pathologists and professionals in ancillary sciences are exposed with exposure to leading authors in Anatomical Pathology, Haematology, Clinical Biochemistry, Medical Microbiology and Forensic Medicine.