JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A specialized missing persons unit in South Africa 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.

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