Judge thokozile masipa biography definition
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Thokozile Masipa
South African judge
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.
Judge thokozile masipa biography definition
Her verdict of not guilty of murder was later overturned on appeal.
Early life and education
Masipa was born and grew up in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa the eldest of 10 children. After matriculating from Immaculata High School in the Alexandra township in 1966, she obtained a BA degree specialising in Social Work in 1974 and a LLB in 1990 from the University of South Africa.
She was admitted as an advocate in 1991.[1][3]
Career
In the past, people would stay away from the court and rather sort things out themselves. Now they see black people and women on the Bench and they say maybe, if you want justice, the high court is where you go.
Judge Thokozile Masipa, Courting J