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SCENES OF joy erupted in a South African township yesterday when scores of families were handed the keys to their new homes by Irish house-building volunteers.

The 950 volunteers, who were taking part in this year’s Niall Mellon Township Trust (NMTT) building blitz, met their target of constructing 200 low-cost homes at the Wallacedene township near Cape Town.