. Despite the expiry of the PTOs, the farmers remained on the farms and continued to farm with the little they had, and it was alleged by the CEO that some of them had sold their homes to take occupation of the farms. . Residents from the surrounding communities and previous farm workers were not happy with the resettling of strangers on farms that they believed they were entitled to. They claimed that the process of allocation of farms was illegitimate and they subsequently invaded the farms. . The police could not assist the settled farmers regarding the invasions as they had no official documents that proved their rights to occupy the farms.