Hosting of IRPA 14 International Congress in 2016

It is with great pleasure that we inform you that the IRPA Generally Assembly has (during the IRPA 12 International Congress held in Buenos Aires, Argentina) by majority vote confirmed the South African Societies SARPA and SARPS as the hosts of the IRPA 14 International Congress in 2016. It is planned that the Congress will be held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) in May 2016.

You will recall that SARPA and SARPS had in April 2008 made a bid for the hosting of the IRPA 13 Congress in 2012. We were unsuccessful in this bid, which was won by the UK Society. IRPA 13 will be held in Scotland in May 2012.

The SARPA Executive Committee takes this opportunity to thank

• All those who worked on the Bid Committee
• All the organizations that provided expressions of support for the Bid
• The South African Ambassador in Argentina

The Bid Committee and SARPA Executive would also like to express their appreciation and a special thank you to the major bid sponsors –

• NNR,
• Anglogold Ashanti,
• PBMR Company,
• Necsa

Thiagan Pather