Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla has accused his relatives of battling for control of the former South African president's legacy.
On Wednesday police exhumed three bodies, believed to be of Mr Mandela's children, from Mandla's homestead, after court action by his relatives.
He accused the relatives of being vengeful and washing the family's "dirty linen" in public.
Mr Mandela remains "critical but stable" in hospital, a new update says.
President Jacob Zuma issued a statement after visiting the hero of the fight against white minority rule in a Pretoria hospital.
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The ANC Gauteng Women's League sing outside Mr Mandela's hospital
The dispute between Mandla and his relatives is linked to where Mr Mandela, 94, will be buried.
Court papers filed last week revealed that he has been on life support. He was admitted on 8 June with a recurring lung infection.
His wife Graca Machel on Thursday said Mr Mandela was sometimes "uncomfortable, but he has never been in pain".
'Mandela's assets'A group of the Mandela family, including his daughter Makaziwe and Mrs Machel, launched a court action last week, accusing Mandla of unlawfully relocating the graves of the three children to his village of Mvezo.
With Evelyn Mase:
- Thembekile born 1945, died 1969
- Makaziwe born 1947, died aged nine months
- Makgatho born 1950, died 2005
- Makaziwe, born 1954
With Winnie Madikizela-Mandela:
- Zenani born 1959
- Zindziswa born 1960
Makaziwe said the move was intended to "force" the burial of Mr Mandela to take place in Mvezo, she said in an affidavit, South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper reports.
This was in defiance of the wishes of Mr Mandela, who wanted to be buried in the nearby village of Qunu, where he grew up, she is quoted as saying.
The court ruled that the bodies should be re-interned in their graves in Qunu.
In his first comments since losing the case, Mandla said he had brought the remains to Mvezo "temporarily", until Mr Mandela's wishes were known.
The court case was linked to a battle for control of Mr Mandela's financial assets, he said.
His family rivals, including Makaziwe, were motivated by revenge as he had refused to support their legal case to oust three of Mr Mandela's aides from companies the ex-president had set up, Mandla added.
Makaziwe and another daughter of Mr Mandela, Zenani launched their case in April alleging that Mr Mandela's aides, including respected human rights lawyer George Bizos, had no right to be on the boards of two companies worth about $1.7m (£1.1m).
Mr Bizos said they would defend the action.
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