JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng police and Basic Education are investigating the death of 14-year-old Brian Ndlovu.
A group of bullies allegedly forced him to drink poison at school.
Ndlovu, a pupil at Queens High School in Jeppe, died in hospital on Monday.
Brian’s mother Mildred Ndlovu says she couldn't find anything wrong with her son when he returned home from school on Monday.
Ndlovu says Brian had low energy but he refused to say anything about what happened.
He later told his mother that he was forced to drink poison.
The Ndlovu family says the school’s principal has refused to accept that this incident could have taken place at school, rather insinuating that the teen might have taken his own life.
The Basic Education Department says it's aware of the incident and is investigating the matter.
* eNCA's Nokwazi Qumbisa reports.