The second location that was visited by the Committee was the Nkumandeni Clinic in Ngqeleni under the Nyandeni sub-district. This Clinic was established before the 1994 calendar year and it is run by one sister and one nursing assistant who service approximately 70 patients per day. This health facility was facing a number of challenges which limited its ability to provide basic health services. The clinic had a pre-paid electricity meter without any provision for petty cash. Consequently, the staff bought electricity out of their own resources sometimes with the assistance of the clinic's ward committee members who are unemployed. The electricity was only adequate for lighting and could not be used for refrigerators or other appliances. Solar panels were installed two weeks prior to the visit of the Committee but were still not working. The clinic made use of a gas refrigerator to store vaccines and other medicines that need to be kept in cool temperature. It was reported that the gas refrigerator was not reliable and, as a result, most of the vaccines and medicine are stored in Canzibe Hospital. The Sub-District Manager, Ms V Vaphi, reported that she had submitted a request to Eskom for the upgrade of the electricity at the clinic but was awaiting the response thereto. There were taps for water installed in the clinic but there was no water coming from these taps.