South Africa has flunked with an E-symbol (0-20%) when it come to the amount of money spent on HIV/AIDS, but attained an overall B-symbol for its response to the epidemic on the AIDS Reporting Index, an AIDS Accountability International (AAI) scorecard.

The Free State health department has announced that its financial situation has reached '€œdire proportions'€ forcing it to postpone all non-emergency surgery until January next year and stop all non-critical staff appointments.