Singing and dancing marked Happy Sindane's discharge from hospital on Friday.
Members of the African National Congress Women's League began celebrating even before Happy - whose real name is Abbey Mziyaya - walked out of the Pretoria Academic Hospital's doors.
Happy had been treated at the hospital since he was seriously injured on April 3 when he was run over by two vehicles. At one stage, fears were expressed that he might not survive.
But with Friday's expression of jubilation, the message from the songs was one of thanks to God and praise for Happy's recovery.
But the day was not without drama and some confusion.
Happy told a news conference: "Call me Abbey Mzayiya. No, in fact, I wanted to say Happy Sindane, because I am happy to be Happy Sindane, of the Sindane family in Tweefontein."
He went into the hospital as Abbey Mzayiya after his claim that he was a white boy who had been abducted from his parents was found to be baseless.
Happy made this claim after he turned up at the Bronkhorstspruit police station last year. The story, that he fled the Sindane family and was appealing to the police to help him find his real parents, made headlines across the country and the world.
However, DNA tests proved that he was the son of a black woman called Betty Mzayiya and that his father was a white man. Following a court ruling on the issue, he adopted the name Abbey Mzayiya and cut ties with the Sindane family.
On Friday the media heard that after regaining consciousness on April 23, he told a member of a trust set up for him about a dream in which he was back with the Sindane family and was apparently happy with them.
He then expressed the wish to be reunited with the Sindane family in Tweefontein.
He also said he wanted to do away with the name Abbey Mzayiya and to be called Happy Sindane.
Thanking god for giving him a second chance in life, Sindane on Friday confirmed his wish with tears rolling down his cheeks.
Spokesperson for the trust and Gauteng MPL Jacqueline Mofokeng said Sindane had chosen to live at Sizanani Care Centre, but now he had changed his mind and wanted to return to the Sindanes.
Mofokeng said he would be given a monthly allowance to cover his day-to-day needs and the committee would ensure that the money was put to good use. This will be done until he is 21 years old.
"We have been advised that it will be a mammoth task for Happy to go to a normal school as a result of the injuries he suffered. We also saw it was impossible for him to go into rehabilitation and we believe it is best to seek psychiatric help first. This will be coupled with rehabilitation while at home.
"The family will also be counselled."
Mofokeng said the Sindane family, who were represented by Elina Sindane at the conference, had accepted Happy back into their family.
Family members are planning an ancestral feast on June 5 to welcome him back.
Head of surgery at the hospital Dr Hennie Becker said it was a miracle that Happy was alive. Becker said Happy was admitted with three fractures to his chest and ruptured lungs.
"We had to deal with the lungs first."
He said he had fractures to his face and it had to be reconstructed. There was swelling on the brain and he also suffered a ruptured liver, with the abdominal soft tissues broken. Becker said the knee had healed properly, but he may need further surgery.
Asked what drove him out of the Sindane family, Mofokeng said Happy was naughty and fled when he was being disciplined by elders.
His ambition now is to go to technikon after he has fully recovered.
Traffic was disrupted when nine Metro Police officers on their bikes and others in two vehicles escorted Happy from hospital.