Qunu, Eastern Cape - Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela was cheered by a group of singers as he arrived at the Great Place in Mvezo on Thursday.
Mandla Mandela, who is chief of the Mvezo village, was due to brief the media after a court ruling compelled him to move the remains of his grandfather's children from Mvezo to Qunu.
The Eastern Cape High Court on Wednesday dismissed his application to halt the exhumations as “frivolous”.
Mandla Mandela exhumed and moved the graves of Nelson Mandela's three children from Qunu to Mvezo in 2011.
A group of Mandela family members approached the court to have the remains exhumed and moved back to the family graveyard in Qunu.
On Wednesday night, police said the remains had been found and taken to a mortuary. They would undergo forensic tests before being returned to Qunu. - Sapa