Civil servants Pixley and Joubert are instructed by the Minister to travel around the country and oversee the removal of all colonial and apartheid-era statues, symbols and monuments.
Pixley is descended from Zulu nobility, while Joubert is believed to be a descendent of General Piet Joubert on his great-grandmother's side. As they go about their work they are forced to confront their personal histories.
"Die roman vertel die keersy van die geskiedenis en verskeie perspektiewe op dieselfde kwessies word gegee. Theo Kemp se vermoë om verskillende stemme aan die woord te stel moet uitgesonder word." - Joan Hambidge
