FILE PHOTO OF WALTER SISULU, 2003-05-05 (photo)

Walter Sisulu, Neslon Mandela's mentor since the 1940s and the "quiet engine" of South Africa's struggle for freedom, is pictured in this May 16, 2002 file photo. Mandela's office said South African anti-apartheid icon Sisulu had died May 5, 2003. Anti-apartheid icon Sisulu, a veteran of the struggle against white rule in South Africa and long-time friend of Nelson Mandela, died on May 5, 2003 aged 91, Mandela's office said. Sisulu, a diminutive man who knew gut-wrenching poverty and the indignity of racial discrimination first hand, died at around 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) after a long period of ill health, Mandela's spokeswoman said. REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya JN/