MPUMELELO Mbatha said she sent her child to school, not to a butchery to be slaughtered like a cow.
Her son Sibusiso Mbatha hanged himself after a teacher at school allegedly bullied him.
Mpumelelo and her sister Khanyisile Shongwe from Thokoza, Ekurhuleni, are shocked to hear that four teachers were implicated in the bullying incident that led to Sibusiso committing suicide.
Mpumelelo said the report's findings released by Rangata Attoneys have caused more pain to her and the family.
"The report has opened the wounds and reminded me of the day I was called to come and see my son, who had allegedly committed suicide in the toilet.
"We were in the process of healing, but to hear that four teachers were behind the bullying of my son is heartbreaking," she said.
She said she no longer has a child today and it's painful that she won't see him again.
"My son's dreams were shattered because of adults. It's painful what they did to me, and I will never forget this, and I will take it to my grave," Mpumelelo said.
She said she trusted the teachers who cared for her son as parents while he was at school.
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Mpumelelo said her son was gay but was never hurt in the streets.
"He was hurt at school, where I thought he was at a safe place at school.
"I want to know what his last words were, and they told my child something that led him not to be able to handle it. I thought it was one person who bullied him, and I'm shocked it was four teachers," the mum said.
She said his presence in the house would be missed.
"You could feel him when he was around the house, even in a bathroom taking a bath, because of his jolly mood."
Sibusiso's aunt, Khanyisile, said the family thought it was a teacher, but finding out there were three other adults was shocking.
"How did four adults attack a 12-year-old boy? Now we have to deal with that pain that Sibusiso went through a lot without communicating at home, pretending to be okay. Sadly, four teachers who are professionals were ganging up against what led him to take his life," she said.
"If four adults failed to reprimand each other, it shows that we're a sick society."
Gauteng education department MEC Matome Chiloane said the department welcomes the recommendations and will finalise the disciplinary processes within three months.
