South African singer Mandla Maphumulo was yesterday arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend on Instagram live images.
He added that:
I have been enduring violence from her.
The 24-year-old Wodumo, whose real name is Bongekile Simelane, is a celebrated performer of gqom music that blends traditional African sounds with house music.
Maphumolo is a kwaito musician -- a South African genre that bears similarity to hip-hop and has featured on hit movie Black Panther soundtrack.
South Africa has among the highest rates of gender-based violence globally and the 38-second clip sparked a backlash from authorities, politicians and on social media.
It is one of a spate of attacks against women that has sparked outrage in the country over the last two years. The murder of 22-year-old Karabo Mokoena by her ex-boyfriend shocked the country in 2017, with women using the hashtag #MenAreTrash.
A 2018 report by Statistics South Africa found that 7.7% of men and 6.8% of women thought it was acceptable for a husband to hit his wife if she argued with him.
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