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Nelson Mandela has left hospital and has gone to his Johannesburg home, where he is continuing to receive intensive care, the South African presidency says on its website. The announcement came a day after officials denied reports that the 95-year-old had already been discharged. The statement says his condition remains critical and at times unstable. South Africa's first democratically elected president has been in hospital since June with a lung infection. "His team of doctors are convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria [hospital]," the statement from President Jacob Zuma's says. It adds that Mr Mandela's home in the suburb of Houghton has been "reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there" and he will be treated by the same health care personnel who have been looking after him since 8 June. If necessary, he will be readmitted to hospital, the presidency says. Despite his various illnesses, the statement from Mr Zuma's office notes, the former president had displayed "immense grace and fortitude".