The remains of Nelson Mandela’s three dead children have been reburied at their original resting site, a day after a court ordered their return two years after a Mandela grandson moved the bodies.

Workers armed with pick- axes and a court order broke into the compound of Nelson Mandela’s grandson to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero’s children, a new twist in a row that has split South Africa’s most famous family.

Nelson Mandela’s grandson has said he will contest a court order for him to move the remains of three family members to their original grave site.

FORMER South African president Nelson Mandela went home from hospital yesterday after suffering an acute respiratory infection.

Nelson Mandela's grandson is following in the footsteps of his famous grandfather and entering politics.

NELSON Mandela’s grandson followed the former South African president’s example by telling thousands of mourners at his father’s funeral that his mother had also died of AIDS a year earlier.

Nelson Mandela’s grandson followed the former president’s example today by telling thousands of mourners at his father’s funeral that his mother had also died of Aids a year earlier.