During a short media briefing outside court on Tuesday, Mandla Maphumulo, who was granted R2000 bail for assaulting Bongekile Simelane, known as Babes Wodumo said the incident in question was self-defense. 

Maphumulo claimed that Simelane had struck him first in parts of the argument that were not captured in the Instagram live video and announced that he would also be laying charges against Simelane. 
Twitter then erupted with outrage at the news;