17:44 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSouth Africa is mourning one of the leading lights of the anti-apartheid movement, Albertina Sisulu, who has died aged 92.<\/p>\n
Mrs Sisulu was the widow of Walter Sisulu, a friend and mentor of former South African President Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n
A political figure in her own right, she was active in the women’s league of the African National Congress (ANC).<\/p>\n
ANC spokesman Brian Sokutu said Mrs Sisulu had dedicated her life to bringing democracy to South Africa.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, social networking websites in South Africa were flooded with tributes to the veteran campaigner.<\/p>\n
Mrs Sisulu first met Walter Sisulu in the 1940s after she moved to Johannesburg to work as a nurse.<\/p>\n
Although not from a political background, she quickly established herself as an anti-apartheid activist in her own right and was among those who in 1956 led a march of 20,000 women protesting at being forced to carry passbooks.<\/p>\n
While her husband was confined to jail with Nelson Mandela, she found herself subject to periods of house arrest.<\/p>\n
However, she also became an envoy for the ANC, visiting leaders overseas and drawing attention to the anti-apartheid struggle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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