Johannesburg, – Angolan head of state, José Eduardo dos Santos, is since Friday afternoon in Johannesburg, to attend on Saturday in Pretoria, the swearing in of the South African president, Jacob Zuma.

President Dos Santos is among the 29 heads of State and Government who confirmed presence at the ceremony.

Jacob Zuma, 67, was elected South African president and head of Government on May 6 by the Parliament that emerged from the April 22 electrion, with 277 votes in favour and 47 against.

Alongside his participation at the swearing in, the Angolan head of State will hold contact with various personalities in South Africa, to discuss issues concerning the reinforcement of cooperation.

The situation prevailing in the continent is believed to be in the centre of the meeting the Angolan head of State will hold with the president of the African Union, Muammar al Kadhafi.

He is expected to meet as well with the presidents of Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania.

The trip of José Eduardo dos Santos to South Africa follows an invitation from that country’s authorities for the purpose of the swearing in of Jacob Zuma.

This is the first time Eduardo dos Santos attends a ceremony of swearing in of a South African president whose country held the fourth general elections since the dismantling of the apartheid regime in 1994.