South Africans, like other post-colonial societies, face the dilemma of how to replace and yet also reproduce the state. The difficulty in finding an answer is reflected in discussions about what to do with old buildings. No matter how much you might want to renovate, replace and modernise, the thought of getting rid of what was solidly made leads to considerable anxiety. What methods, forms and ideas should be used instead? A potential way to surmount this problem is to draw