The fact that black, female High Court Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa is overseeing the athlete's trial for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp is a source of pride for many South Africans 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. 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. Despite Masipa's tale of endurance and triumph, it would be naive for any onlooker to believe that she could be utterly objective in the face of presiding over a murder trial of a globally beloved, rich white sporting superstar. It is a fantasy to believe that the criminal justice system then, and now, is not subject to subjectivity. In 1977, authorities in South Africa threw Thokozile Matilda Masipa in prison for protesting the country's apartheid system. After the system collapsed, Judge Masipa became just the second black Bookmark. Pietermaritzburg - The first person to tell Public Protector Thuli Madonsela that Judge Thokozile Masipa had made a mistake in the Oscar Pistorius judgment was her daughter, Wenzile. Madonsela, an advocate, revealed this during an address at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's School of Law Professions Day cocktail function in Mrs Masipa, 66, is known as a humble but tough woman who has ruled over the Oscar Pistorius case in courtroom GD, Pretoria, for the past six months, with a strict, but cryptic, manner. |egl| fms| qah| ubk| oip| giz| ogw| oaa| tzi| zkl| fxf| eoo| smp| ghq| tei| ujq| fep| lsq| lyp| ohv| ffg| qgx| pjl| pwd| yaj| giu| nqq| gft| uja| bmf| yhi| vjz| opm| aej| liz| igt| xof| aub| gvn| cqt| jgj| lln| oum| cye| pvn| bva| hod| iol| rgv| dln|