‘It is a true honour for the City to celebrate the restitution of the land with the Brickles family. We remain committed to enabling redress and to finalising all land claims as quickly as possible so that we give land back to the rightful owners. On behalf of the City, we wish the claimants all the best with their plans and we look forward to seeing them in the future.

‘The dispossession of the land was done in accordance with the racially-based Group Areas Act, which was developed and used by the apartheid government to create spatial divides thereby robbing people of colour of their property and tenure rights. Today, we are pleased to see the land return to the Brickles family.

‘The City has helped as much as it can to expedite the process and we continue to call on national government to assist beneficiaries as quickly as possible. We thank all who have made this day possible and we wish the family all the very best for the future,’ said Councillor Booi.