Report: Mellon Trust ‘may deprive locals of work’

A REPORT by Government officials into the work of the Niall Mellon Township Trust (NMTT) raised concerns that the house-building charity may be depriving local contractors of work in South Africa.

The trust, feted as the largest charity provider of low-cost housing in South Africa, was also criticised for “limited progress” in developing a “specific and sustainable” housing model that could be replicated using South African government subsidies.

The report by Irish Aid, the overseas development arm of the Department of Foreign Affairs, flagged a number of other concerns including: