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In the 1950s, writers like Can Themba and Drum magazine journalists documented the rise of the "tsotsi" culture. In stories like The Suit , the presence of the underworld is a constant background hum. Here, the Guluva figure represents a rebellion against the respectability politics of the time. While the protagonist, Philemon, attempts to live a "civilized" life, the intrusion of the Guluva world (represented by the young man who leaves the suit behind) shatters the illusion that one can escape the squalor of the township through manners alone.