The setting alight of a 12-year-old boy during a bullying incident was condemned by Gauteng health and social development MEC Qedani Mahlangu on Wednesday.
"Any form of bullying is not tolerable. Society and parents especially have a responsibility in ensuring that we build our society on principle of tolerance", she said in a statement.
According to the Sowetan newspaper, the boy was doused with benzine and set alight by boys who had been harassing him for money in Tembisa.
The harassment started on Sunday and his mother went to the boys to demand the R11 back that they had taken from him.
They insulted her and said they had already bought bread with it.
On Monday, the boys confronted him again and his brother ran to his mother to say that his sibling was "on fire".
He suffered serious burns and is recovering in hospital.
Two boys were reportedly taken into custody.
Society is sick and getting worse.
Where have we gone wrong?
"Any form of bullying is not tolerable. Society and parents especially have a responsibility in ensuring that we build our society on principle of tolerance", she said in a statement.
According to the Sowetan newspaper, the boy was doused with benzine and set alight by boys who had been harassing him for money in Tembisa.
The harassment started on Sunday and his mother went to the boys to demand the R11 back that they had taken from him.
They insulted her and said they had already bought bread with it.
On Monday, the boys confronted him again and his brother ran to his mother to say that his sibling was "on fire".
He suffered serious burns and is recovering in hospital.
Two boys were reportedly taken into custody.
Society is sick and getting worse.
Where have we gone wrong?