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Thokozile Matilda Masipa (born 16 October 1947) is a judge in the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. She was the presiding judge in the 2014 trial of Oscar Pistorius for the killing of Reeva Steenkamp.
Sep 10, 2014 · Oscar Pistorius judge Thokozile Masipa was a historic figure in South Africa even before the disabled athlete landed in her court on a murder charge.
Oct 6, 2020 · In stark juxtaposition, Masipa, the eldest of 10 children, is a Black woman who grew up in Orlando East in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, South Africa. She was raised in a one-bedroom structure with her siblings and parents.
May 5, 2014 · Thokozile Matilda Masipa, the sixty-six-year-old judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial, which resumed Monday morning in Pretoria, has been sending messages all of her professional life.
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Sep 12, 2014 · Judge Thokozile Masipa was born in Soweto in 1947 as Matilda and later changed her name to Thokozile, Zulu for happy. Her nickname while growing up was Tilly. Judge Masipa used to be put on lookout for police while growing up at her home, as her grandparents brewed home-made beer.
Aug 6, 2014 · Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa is a rarity in the South African judicial system, and she sits at the intersection of two powerful problems: violence against women and racial tensions.
Sep 11, 2014 · But few have been thrust into the spotlight like Thokozile Masipa, a 66-year-old black woman who grew up under the hardships of apartheid and rose to become the country’s second black female...
