VelocityViewServlet : Error processing a template for path '/gauteng.html'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Template.merge() failure. The document is null, most likely due to parsing error.
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:274)
	at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityLayoutServlet.mergeTemplate(VelocityLayoutServlet.java:224)
	at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.doRequest(VelocityViewServlet.java:555)
	at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.doGet(VelocityViewServlet.java:509)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:246)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2347)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Processor.process(Ajp13Processor.java:458)
	at org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Processor.run(Ajp13Processor.java:551)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)