Last updated: 10 may, 2009 - 04:32 GMT

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Yesterday was certainly a day to be remembered in South Africa - Jacob Zuma was sworn in as President and it was a very dramatic ceremony.

What made it particularly unique compared with any other swearing-in ceremonies around the continent was the sight of one President kneeling before the feet of another.

But that is exactly what Jacob Zuma did, for before taking his oath of office he knelt before the first President of the Democratic South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

So was it the highest traditional form of respect President Zuma wanted to bestow or was there some other significance in this very public action?

Bola Mosuro spoke to journalist Sipho Khumalo on the line to Durban.

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