Bad for his country

Re “He can get it for you fast,” Column One, Sept. 3

To me, Kuda Shumba is a symptom of everything that is wrong with Zimbabwe. He is an opportunist of the worst kind. He takes things that are in short supply -- needed staples -- and jacks up the price 500%. People are eating out of garbage cans, yet he profits, has cellphones, satellite TV and all the luxuries, and is victimizing his own people. And he pays off the police.

Now that is what I call a real man, working to improve his country. I guess he will emigrate to Europe when he is done in Zimbabwe.

Robert Jones

Oceano, Calif.