Thokozile Masipa

**Thokozile Matilda Masipa** (an haife ta a ranar 16 ga Oktoba 1947) alƙali ce a cikin sashen Gauteng na Babban Kotun Afirka ta Kudu . Ta kasance alƙali mai jagoranci a cikin shari'ar Oscar Pistorius ta 2014 don kisan Reeva Steenkamp . Hukuncin da ta yanke na rashin laifi na kisan kai daga baya aka soke shi a kan roko.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Masipa kuma ta girma a Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu babba cikin yara 10. BA ta yi karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Immaculata a garin Alexandra a shekarar 1966, ta sami digiri na BA na musamman a fannin Ayyukan Jama'a a shekarar 1974 da LLB a shekarar 1990 daga Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu. An shigar da ita a matsayin mai ba da shawara a shekarar 1991.

## Ayyuka

Kafin aikinta na lauya, Masipa ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa da kuma mai ba da rahoto game da aikata laifuka, wanda ya haifar da sha'awarta ga doka. Ta yi aiki ga jaridu na The World, Post da The *Sowetan* kuma ta shirya kariyar mata ta *Sarauniya* na mujallar Pace .   

A shekara ta 1998, an nada ta a matsayin alƙali a cikin Sashen Lardin Transvaal (kamar yadda aka baki a lokacin) na Babban Kotun Afirka ta Kudu,    ta zama mace baƙar fata ta biyu da aka nada a matsayin alkali a Babban Kotun bayan Lucy Mailula, wacce aka nada ta a cikin Sashin Lardin Transbaal na Kotun Koli (kamar da aka sani a wancan lokacin) a shekara ta 1995. Masipa ya kuma yi aiki a Kotun Kotun masu amfani da Gauteng,  Hukumar Wakilan Kasuwanci,  da Kotun Zabe ta Afirka ta Kudu.  

A wata hira da aka yi da shi a shekara ta 2003 tare da Hukumar Kula da Shari'a, Masipa ta goyi bayan nuna gaskiya da hulɗa tare da kafofin watsa labarai don taimakawa fahimtar jama'a game da tsarin shari'a. Tana ɗaya daga cikin alƙalai mata bakwai na Afirka ta Kudu da aka nuna a cikin Courting Justice, fim na 2008 wanda Jane Lipman ta jagoranta.

## Shahararrun hukunce-hukunce
Masipa ta ba da gudummawa ga shari'ar shari'a kan ayyukan tsarin mulki na kananan hukumomi da suka shafi gidaje a cikin hukunce-hukuncen 2009 a kan Blue Moonlight Properties v Occupiers of Saratoga Avenue . 

### ''Jiha da Oscar Pistorius''
Masipa ita ce babban alƙali a Shari'ar Oscar Pistorius don kisan Reeva Steenkamp da kuma wasu zarge-zargen da suka shafi bindiga waɗanda suka fara a Babban Kotun da ke Pretoria a ranar 3 ga Maris 2014 .  Ta nada masu tantancewa biyu don taimaka mata a cikin shari'ar. A cewar mai magana da yawun kotun Afirka ta Kudu, ba a sanya ta musamman a cikin shari'ar ba saboda jinsi.   Bayan aikinta na babban shari'ar, an ruwaito abokan aikinta sun bayyana ta a matsayin mai daraja, mai ƙwarewa, mai magana, da kuma ajiya. A cewar kamfanin sa ido kan kafofin watsa labarai na ROi Africa, yawancin maganganun kafofin sada zumunta yayin gabatar da hukuncin sun soki Alkalin Masipa bayan ya zama bayyananne cewa ba za a sami Pistorius da laifin kisan kai ba, hukuncin da Kotun daukaka kara ta soke shi daga baya kuma an rubuta hukuncin kisan kai. Alkalin Masipa, wanda aka ba shi kariya daga 'yan sanda tun daga farkon shari'ar, ya fuskanci barazana da hare-hare daga mutanen da ba su yarda da hukuncin ba. A cikin sabon hukuncin da aka yanke wa Pistorius bisa ga hukuncin kisan kai, Masipa kawai ya kara hukuncinsa da shekara 1 zuwa shekaru 6. Hukumar Shari'a ta Kasa ta daukaka kara game da hukuncin shekaru 6 na kisan kai kuma sun shawo kan Kotun Koli ta Afirka ta Kudu don kara hukuncin. An yanke hukuncin ne a mafi ƙarancin lokacin da aka yanke masa hukuncin kisan kai a Afirka ta Kudu - shekaru 15.

## Manazarta