FF Plus blames the ANC for delays in addressing HIV/AIDS treatment after US funding cuts [SOUND]

# The Freedom Front Plus says government has failed to take timely action and implement alternative plans to ensure that HIV/AIDS programmes and treatment do not collapse. Health activists, led by the founder of the Treatment Action Campaign, Zackie Achmat, disrupted a Parliamentary sitting of the portfolio committee on Health yesterday. The FF Plus’ Philip van Staden says according to the activists, the department of Health did not sufficiently address the problems surrounding AIDS treatment, which arose due to the withdrawal of US funding: