Nelson Mandela's eldest grandchild has come out guns blazing following the revelation by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko that the swimming pool in Qunu is actually also a fire pool.

Ndileka Mandela was quoted by the Mail and Guardian saying that there is no firepool at her grandfather's home and that it was not paid for by the government.

“It’s a swimming pool built by my grandfather’s money. In the summer my children swam in it. It was not built by the government,” said Ndileka.

This is was in response to Nhleko's latest attempt to defend the R240million spent at President Jacob Zuma's for 'security upgrades'.

“For an example, we were then told that there has never been a problem with the question of the construction of a firepool, because also a firepool does exist in Qunu as well," Nhleko told the South Africam National Editors' Forum last week.

“It also had two dams in Qunu, but the dam for crops is too far from the house and the second dam for livestock was also far from the homestead.

He continued to say: “So he [Mandela] had the pool in the middle of the homestead."