Land claims: Constantia claimants get their land back
Almost 50 years after they were forcibly removed from Constantia, a group of land claimants have been handed back their birth-right. A Cape Times report says Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille met the representatives of eight families who were forced off their land in the late 1960s and gave them the news.
The land had since their removal been ceded to the City of Cape Town.
The families had sought restitution for a 6ha parcel of land which is currently worth R120m. The eight families were evicted from Constantia years after it was declared for whites-only in terms of the Groups Areas Act in 1961. Most of the claimants were either the children, or the grandchildren of those evicted.
The oldest living beneficiary will be 90 this year. Today, De Lille will sign over transfer of the land to the regional Land Claims Commissioner who will bring the families closer to returning to their homes.
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