Thokozile Masipa
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The Honourable Thokozile Masipa |
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| Judge in the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa | |
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Assumed office 1 December 1998 |
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| Nominated by | Judicial Service Commission |
| Appointed by | President Nelson Mandela |
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| Born |
16 October 1947 Orlando East, Soweto, South Africa |
| Spouse(s) | Makhutla Wilson Masipa |
| Children | 2 |
| 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.
Masipa was born and grew up in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg, 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.
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.
Prior to her law career, Masipa worked as a social worker and as a crime reporter, which led to her interest in law. She worked for The World, Post and The Sowetan newspapers and edited the Queen women's supplement of Pace magazine.
In 1998, she was appointed as a judge in the Transvaal Provincial Division (as it was then known) of the High Court of South Africa, becoming the second black woman to be appointed as a judge in the High Court after Lucy Mailula, who was appointed to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court (as it was then known) in 1995. Masipa has also served in Gauteng's consumer court tribunal, the Estate Agents Board, and the Electoral Court of South Africa.
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