 And from other parts of Africa, gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at the weekend in a township in South Africa, killing eight and wounding three others. The birthday celebrant was among those going down in the mass shooting in the southern port city of Kevera, formerly Port Elizabeth. The police said gunmen randomly shot at guests while they were partying. The judge in the corruption trial of former South African president Jacob Zuma has announced that he would recurse himself from the case, risking the case going back to the court. Eighteen years old Jacob Zuma is accused of taking bribes from the French defense group Thals in a case that dates back more than 20 years ago. He's charged with 16 counts of fraud, corruption and racketeering. The former head of state was not present at the technical hearing. According to a constitutional scholar on quote, if justice, Cohen does not continue the trial, a new judge will have to sit and this would force the trial to start from the beginning end of quote. Zuma's corruption trial began in May 2021 with numerous postponements and delays due to a proliferation of appeals launched by the accused.