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Ulwesihlanu lokugcina Inyanga entsha yenze izigidi ezingama-72,7 zamaRandi e-USA, ngakho-ke ingaqeda impelasonto yayo yokuqala ngesamba sesamba esicishe sibe izigidi eziyi-180.
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