A South African specialized missing persons unit has opened a new investigation into the 1988 disappearance of two men last seen in the company of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Authorities say new information caused them to reopen the case of Lolo Sono and Siboniso Shabalala.
The two young men figured into Madikizela-Mandela’s chaotic life in Soweto when she ran a soccer club and faced a host of allegations that she and those under her committed violent attacks.
The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa’s Missing Persons Task Team, assigned to investigate disappearances from the apartheid era, is handling the investigation.
Already, investigators have taken DNA samples from Shabalala and Sono’s family members, spokesman Makhosini Nkosi said in a statement.
“The investigations into this case are still ongoing and possible burial sites are still being examined on the basis of recently obtained information,” Nkosi said. “No exact burial sites have yet been confirmed or excavated.”
News of the reopened investigation was first reported by the Sunday Herald newspaper of Scotland.
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