South African TV personality Angie Diale has died. She was 55.

Angie was an HIV activist and health and relationship counsellor who presented Mzansi Magic's Please Step In and Relate on SABC 1.

According to a statement released by a family spokesperson, Angie died on Thursday following a short illness.

"She was complaining of shortness of breath and subsequently treated at Tshepo Temba Hospital yesterday and later transferred to Leratong Hospital where she sadly passed in the early hours of this morning. The cause of death has been confirmed to be Pneumonia, [sic]" said the statement.