Opposite the comparatively modest Pretoria court rooms where the fastest man with no legs is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp stands South Africa’s grandly named Palace of Justice. Today, in … If it is a circus, there is no doubt who the ringmaster is. Judge Thokozile Masipa, the one-time crime reporter who only finished law school at the age of 43, doesn’t speak that often, but when she does, the gravitas weighs heavy in the air….
