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Occupation. Judge. Profession. Jurist. 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. Her verdict of not guilty of murder was later overturned on appeal.
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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. Her verdict of not guilty of murder was later overturned on appeal. Quick Facts The Honourable, Judge in ...
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On 6 July 2016, Thokozile Masipa sentenced Pistorius to six years in prison for murder, although the prosecution had called for 15 years, the minimum prison sentence in South Africa for murder. Masipa argued that Pistorius had already served 12 months in prison for the culpable homicide conviction and was remorseful for his killing.
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Mar 11, 2014 · Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa was born in 1947 in Soweto, Johannesburg. She matriculated in 1966 from the Immaculata High School in the Alexandra township. She then obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, specialising in Social Work, in 1974 and a Batchelor of Laws in 1990, from the University of South Africa.
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.
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Sep 10, 2014 · Thokozile Masipa was the second black woman to become a South African judge. She came to law after careers as a journalist and social worker. Her former tutor says she passed with "flying colors ...
May 5, 2014 · 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 ...
