Thokozile Masipa

**UThokozile Matilda Masipa** (owazalwa ngomhla ka-16 Okthoba 1947) yijaji eGauteng Division yeNkantolo eNkulu yaseNingizimu Afrika.Wayengumphathi wecala ecaleni lika-Oscar Pistorius ngo-2014 lokubulala uReeva Steenkamp.Isinqumo sakhe sokungabi nacala lokubulala sabuye sachithwa ngemuva kokudluliswa kwecala.

## Impilo yokuqala nemfundo
UMasipa wazalelwa wakhulela e-Orlando East, eSoweto, eGoli, uyizibulo ezinganeni eziyishumi.Ngemuva kokuphothula umatikuletsheni e-Immaculata High School elokishini lase-Alexandra ngo-1966, wathola iziqu ze-BA ezaziqhenya ngeSocial Work ngo-1974 ne-LLB ngo-1990 e-University of South Africa . Wamukelwa njengommeli ngo-1991.  

## Umsebenzi
Ngaphambi umsebenzi wakhe umthetho, Masipa ubesebenza njengomshayeli usonhlalakahle futhi njengoba intatheli ubugebengu, okwaholela ukuthi wayenesithakazelo umthetho.Usebenze *emaphephandabeni i-The World*,*Post* ne- *The Sowetan* futhi wahlela i- *Queen* women supplement yomagazini i-*Pace.*

Ngo-1998, waqokwa njengejaji eTransvaal Provincial Division (njengoba yayaziwa kanjalo ngaleso sikhathi) eNkantolo Ephakeme yaseNingizimu Afrika, eba ngowesifazane wesibili omnyama ukuqokwa njengo ijaji leNkantolo Lephakeme ngemuva kwaLucy Mailula, lobekabekwe kuMkhandlu Wetifundza waseTransvaal Wenkantolo Lephakeme (njengoba beyatiwa ngaleso sikhatsi) nga-1995. UMasipa uphinde wasebenza enkantolo yamacala abathengi eGauteng, Estate Agents Board,  naseNkantolo Yezokhetho yaseNingizimu Afrika.

Engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Judicial Service Commission ngo- 2003,uMasipa wasekela ukusebenza obala okukhulu nokuxhumana nabezindaba ukusiza umphakathi ukuthi uqonde inqubo yezokwahlulela.Ungomunye wabahluleli besifazane baseNingizimu Afrika abayisikhombisa abafakwe *kwiCourting Justice*, ifilimu eliyi-documentary lango-2008 eliqondiswa nguJane Lipman.

## Izahlulelo eziphawuleka
UMasipa ufake isandla emthethweni wamacala mayelana nemisebenzi yomthethosisekelo yohulumeni basekhaya ehlobene nezindlu esinqumweni sakhe sango-2009 *ngeBlue Moonlight Properties v Abahlali baseSaratoga Avenue*

### ''State v Oscar Pistorius''
UMasipa wayeyijaji eliphethe ecaleni lika-Oscar Pistorius ngecala lokubulala uReeva Steenkamp kanye namacala ahlobene nezibhamu aqala eNkantolo eNkulu ePitoli ngomhlaka 3 Mashi 2014.Uqoke abahloli ababili abazomsiza ecaleni.Ngokwe okhulumela namajaji eNingizimu Afrika, wayengatholi ngokukhethekile esinikelwe umlandu ngenxa yobulili bakhe.Ngemuva kokunikezwa kwakhe leli cala elisezingeni eliphezulu, kuthiwa ozakwabo bamchaze njengomuntu ohlonishwayo, onekhono, oligagu nogodliwe.Ngokusho kwenkampani eqapha abezindaba i-ROi Africa, iningi labaphawula ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngesikhathi kukhishwa lesi sinqumo laligxeka uJaji Masipa ngemuva kokuvela kokuthi uPistorius ngeke atholakale enecala lokubulala, okuyisinqumo esaphinde sahoxiswa yiNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala futhi kwaqoshwa isigwebo sokubulala.IJaji uMasipa, onikezwe ukuvikelwa ngamaphoyisa kusukela kuqale ukuqulwa kwecala, ubesongelwa futhi ehlaselwa ngabantu abangahambisani nesinqumo.Esigwebeni sakhe esisha esasinikezwe uPistorius ngokususelwa ecaleni lokulahlwa yicala lokubulala, uMasipa wasinyusa isigwebo sakhe ngonyaka owodwa waba yiminyaka eyisithupha.Isigwebo seminyaka eyisithupha sokubulala sidluliswe yiNational Prosecuting Authority futhi baqinisekisa ukuthi iNkantolo eNkulu yokuDluliswa kwamaCala yaseNingizimu Afrika iyasinyusa isigwebo.Lesi sigwebo sahlelelwa ubude obuncane besigwebo sokubulala eNingizimu Afrika - iminyaka engu-15.