David Pocock
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David Willmer Pocock is an Australian politician and former professional rugby union player. Born in South Africa and then raised in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Pocock moved to Australia as a teenager and played
Pocock in 2022
Pocock (7) playing for Australia in 2009
Pocock in 2011
Pocock in 2016
Land reform in Zimbabwe
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Land reform in Zimbabwe began in 1980 under the Lancaster House Agreement following internationally recognised independence, aiming to redistribute land from white commercial farmers to black subsiste
David Pocock
…flowers for export and also running cattle. He attended Midlands Christian College, where he began playing rugby. In 2000, following Robert Mugabe's seizure of white-owned farms in Zimbabwe, Pocock's parents applied to immigrate to Australia. They were soon given a notice of compulsory acquisition requiring them to vacate their property…
White farmers in Southern Rhodesia, early 1920s.
Many Zimbabweans now rely on humanitarian aid, such as this maize donated by Australia under the aegis of the United Nations World Food Program.