Discuss the options to the parties for terminating the contract, what each entails. Recommend the better option, motivating your recommondation Life Esidimeniinquest kicks off on Monday, five years after deathsProtests over the Life Esidimeni tragedy in 2018 An inquest will be held from Monday, five years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy, to determine if anyone can be held criminally liablefor the tragedy in which at least 144 mental health patients died. Following the termination of a contract between the Gauteng health department and the Life Esidimeni group in 2015, the department moved the patients to non-governmental facilities. The Life Esidimeni tragedy occurred as a result of the rushed execution of the Gauteng Mental Health Marathon Project, when the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) 'precipitously' terminated its contract with Life Esidimeni, a facility that provided 'highly-specialised chronic psychiatric care' to mentally ill patients. Over 2 000 mentally ill patients, some with comorbid conditions, were hurriedly moved to ill-equipped and unlicensed non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in an attempt to curb costs. An investigation by the Health Ombudsman found that these NGOs could not even provide basic healthcare to patients who required 'highly-specialised chronic psychiatric care'. Additionally, the investigation foundthat in the process of moving patientsand in the aftermath thereof,several human rights were violated - specifically the rights to health, life and dignity, resulting in a great injustice to society's most vulnerable group. But, due to neglect, dehydration and hunger, they died between March and December2016. Some went missing when they were moved and have still not been found. The Health Ombud found that none of the 27 communitycare NGOs the patients were sent to had valid licences.Adapted from: Monama (2021) and Morais (2017)