Political prevarication and weak management has hampered the implementation of the Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment for South Africa a new report has found. The preliminary report, released at the Treatment Action Campaign’s Health Summit at the weekend, is the first in a series that will monitor the implementation of the Operational Plan. The report, researched and produced by the AIDS Law Project and the TAC, deals with the first seven months since the Department of Health’s announcement of the Operational plan in November 2003.