Chaos erupted during the long-awaited report-back meeting between the residents of Hamutsha village and the local royal council at the Mafhumulele Primary School last Sunday morning. During a previous meeting, a representative from the royal council promised to take up all the issues that were raised with the relevant authorities and promised to report back as soon as they had the answers to the concerns. Some of the issues that were raised during the previous mass meeting included the price of residential sites and the issuing of permission to occupy (PTO) documents to the needy. During Sunday´s meeting, a representative from the royal council, Mr Marubini Mugivhi, revealed that different types of PTOs had been issued during the past years. He indicated that they were working towards issuing a PTO that would represent all the previous ones, saying they were creating confusion among the residents. He further indicated that some of the PTOs that were issued during the past years were illegal documents. According to him, the so-called illegal documents were issued by people who were not known to the royal council. When it came to the prices for the residential sites, Mugivhi said that the matter was a domestic affair and that it should be left to the royal council. He reiterated the fact that the price for the residential sites was not a matter that should be discussed in a mass meeting, but his words were an insult to the residents. They started to question his credentials, saying he did not have the right to address residents of Hamutsha village as he was not a resident of the area. During the meeting, it was also raised that the royal council has a tendency of targeting and victimizing residents who are vocal during mass meetings. They argued that Mugivhi was only born at Hamutsha and that he was not a resident. The situation took an ugly turn when residents ordered him to pack his bags and leave the place without delay. The angry residents started to sing freedom songs and chanting around Mugivhi, baying for his blood. The other representatives from the royal council opted to go with Mugivhi as a symbol of solidarity. Their decision to leave the place did not go down well with the residents, who said that the representatives of the local council should address them before they went. They demonstrated their anger by locking the exit gate. A contingent of police officers at the meeting intervened and calmed the situation. A meeting of all local structures called by the local ward councilor, Mr NA Matodzi, was held at the same venue soon afterwards to shape the way forward.