It may not be the original house he was born in but Achmat Kenny is happy to be home. The 89-year-old is back in the street on which he grew up in the now plush suburb of Claremont, Cape Town, thanks to the local mosque.Kenny was evicted during forced removals in the 1960s and was moved to Ottery, where he lived until 10 years ago. A land claim for the land on which the mosques is built, lodged in 1998, is now under consideration.Ebrahim Jacobs, custodian of the Sunnie Mohamedan Koknie Congregation Mosque, has in the meantime allowed Kenny to live on an adjacent property.Today the vibrant area is a far cry from that in which Kenny and his 84-year-old wife, who has Alzheimer's disease, lived in a flat as youngsters"It was known as the 'skurwe flatse' [scruffy flats]," he said.Jacobs also lived close to the mosque before he and his family were removed from the area. He has since renovated the mosque as well as the three houses it leases."We were thrown out in 1973, and got R12000 for our house. We moved to Steenberg [on the Cape Flats]. Now, one semi can go for R1.5-million," he said.Kenny, who received R2000 for his house when he was evicted, said he regularly received offers from prospective buyers for his new home."We just tell them the house belongs to the committee," he said.Land claims expert Ron Martin said the delay in Kenny's claim was not unusual. "There are thousands of claims that have not been resolved. The ministry promised that claims lodged in the five years after 1994 will be seen to. Claremont and District Six are the two priority areas in the Western Cape," he said...