(1) (a) Why were the 26 houses located in Mthatha (i) transferred to a defunct entity (name furnished) and (ii) later sold at an auction in 2008 by the MEC for local government in the Eastern Cape, (b)(i) where and (ii) when was the auction advertised, (c) how many interested parties attended the auction, (d) what criteria influenced the auction to enable a single person to buy all the houses and (e) what was the selling price per house; (2) whether the occupants of the affected houses were given preference to buy the property; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?