Judge in the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 1998
Nominated by
Judicial Service Commission
Appointed by
President Nelson Mandela
Personal details
Born
(1947-10-16) 16 October 1947 (age 76) Soweto, Union of South Africa[1]
Spouse
Makhutla Wilson Masipa[1]
Children
2[2][3]
Alma mater
University of South Africa
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.
^ ab"Second black woman appointed as a judge" (PDF). Consultus. 12 (1). General Council of the Bar of South Africa: 16. March 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (5 May 2014). "The Woman Who Will Judge Oscar Pistorius". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^Tay, Nastasya (10 August 2014). "Thokozile Masipa: the world awaits her verdict on Oscar Pistorius". The Observer. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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