Scores of residents who were forcibly removed from their land in Pretoria's eastern suburbs and on the West Rand due to the now-repealed Group Areas Act have been compensated by the government. Residents of Eersterus/Riverside, now part of Newlands, and Munsieville and Madubulaville on the West Rand, will share an estimated R36,9-million which has been paid out by the department of land affairs.