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Distance from Messina to Roodepoort

N Messina → Roodepoort
Road distance
530.2 km
Highway dominant · M8 / N1
Messina to Roodepoort is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 530.2 km in roughly 5 hrs 50 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
476.1 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.11×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
28
Info Travel board
Travel time
5 hrs 50 min
Start point
Maseri Avenue
Return: 11 hrs 40 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
350 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
90.8 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 2 planned rest stops
6 hrs 20 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,067.04
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,071.24
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,065.89
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,117.05
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,407.89
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,413.44
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,406.38
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,473.88
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R1,852.49
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R1,859.78
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R1,850.50
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R1,939.32
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
207° SSW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
27° NNE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-22.3454, 30.0269
End coords Destination point
-26.1564, 27.8858
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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530.2 km
5 hrs 50 min
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530.2 km
~8 hrs 9 min
65 km/h avg
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~5 hrs 43 min
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Places along your journey

Places from Messina to Roodepoort

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Convenience store Before halfway

Bonjour

N1, Louis Trichardt, 0920 116 km from start
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Food & drink Around halfway

Corner Bakery

Polokwane, 0699 179 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Roodepoort

Bonjour

Roodeplaat, 0186 405 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Roodepoort

Bonjour

Roodeplaat, 0186 405 km from start
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Food & drink Approaching Roodepoort

Sungardens Coffee Shop

18 Twig Street 419 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Roodepoort

Shell Select

Atterbury Road, Pretoria, 0081, Gauteng 421 km from start
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Food & drink Approaching Roodepoort

Polfyntjie tuisnywerhein home industry

73B 13th Street, Pretoria, 0081 421 km from start
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Fuel stations Approaching Roodepoort

Shell

1680, Gauteng 442 km from start
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Fuel stations Near Roodepoort

Shell

1685, Gauteng 450 km from start
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Convenience store Near Roodepoort

Shell Select

0026, Gauteng 459 km from start
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Food & drink Near Roodepoort

The Loaf

279 Church Street, 2188 460 km from start
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Convenience store Near Roodepoort

Bonjour

Roodepoort, 1709 472 km from start
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Food & drink Near Roodepoort

Seven Seas Fisheries

118 14th Avenue 473 km from start
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Convenience store Near Roodepoort

Shell Select

1709, Gauteng 474 km from start
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Convenience store Near Roodepoort

Quickshop

Roodepoort 474 km from start
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Fuel stations 1.6 km

Shell

77 Main Street, 1724, Gauteng
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University 1.7 km

UNISA Florida Campus

28 Pioneer Avenue, Roodepoort, 1710
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Supermarkets 1.7 km

Shoprite

Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Schools & education 1.7 km

Laersskool Horison

Heron Street, Roodepoort
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Convenience store 1.8 km

Quickshop

Roodepoort
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Schools & education 1.9 km

West Ridge high school

Canary Avenue, Roodepoort, 1850
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Convenience store 1.9 km

Shell Select

1709, Gauteng
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Schools & education 2.0 km

West Ridge High School

Canary Avenue, Roodepoort, 1850
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Electronics 2.0 km

Regal Security

191 Ontdekkers Road
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Schools & education 2.1 km

St. John the Baptist Catholic School

11 Amelia Street, 1724
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Convenience store 2.2 km

Bonjour

Roodepoort, 1724
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🛒
Supermarkets 2.3 km

Checkers

Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Schools & education 2.3 km

Constantia Kloof Primary

Liebenberg Street, Roodepoort
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Schools & education 2.4 km

Playschool Academy

Ontdekkers Road
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Schools & education 2.4 km

Playschool Academy

Ontdekkers Road
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Convenience store 2.5 km

Quickshop

7 Goldman Street, Roodepoort
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Car services 2.8 km

HailTech

Fairview Drive, Roodeport, 1734
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Banks 2.9 km

African Bank

Goldman Street
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Banks 2.9 km

Nedbank

16 Goldman Street, Johannesburg
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Banks 3.0 km

Capitec Bank

21A Goldman Street, Johannesburg, 1709
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Supermarkets 3.0 km

Checkers Hyper

Roodepoort, 1734, Gauteng
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🏦
Banks 3.0 km

Standard Bank

Goldman Street
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Professional services 3.0 km

Clearview Office Park

72 Wilhelmina Avenue, Roodeport, 1734
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Professional services 3.0 km

Kruger & Pottinger Attorneys

462 Ontdekkers Road, Roodepoort, 1709
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🛒
Supermarkets 3.0 km

Shoprite

Florida, 1709, Gauteng
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Convenience store 3.1 km

Bonjour

Roodepoort, 1709
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Shopping malls 3.1 km

Westgate Shopping centre

120 Ontdekkers Road, Roodepoort, 1725
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Clothing & fashion 3.2 km

Woolworths

Crous Drive Westgate Mall, Roodepoort, 1724
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Gifts & hobbies 3.4 km

Liquor Man

5th Avenue
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Beauty & wellness 3.7 km

sallys beauty institute

988 Geldenhuys Street, roodepoort, 1724
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Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

Pick n Pay Clothing

Struben Valley, 1735, Gauteng
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Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

PEP

14th Avenue, Roodepoort, Gauteng
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Home & garden 4.0 km

the farmhouse

848 Lisbon Avenue, roodepoort, 1724
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Convenience store 4.0 km

Shell Select

1709, Gauteng
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Gifts & hobbies 4.2 km

Xaklee Vape

Conrad Street Flora Shopping Centre, Roodepoort, 1709
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Gym & fitness 4.9 km

Decathlon

Cascades Road, Little Falls Roodepoort, 1724
View details → Little Falls Roodepoort
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Home & garden 5.0 km

Leroy Merlin

Hendrik Potgieter Drive, Little Falls Roodepoort, 1724
View details → Little Falls Roodepoort
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Food & drink 5.3 km

Seven Seas Fisheries

118 14th Avenue
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Clothing & fashion 5.7 km

PEP

Mcgarth Street, Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Beauty & wellness 6.0 km

Phenyo SpaTherapy & Wellness

412 Forbes Road, Zone 9 Meadowland West, 1852
View details → Zone 9 Meadowland West
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Car services 6.1 km

johan visser

26 Drakenstein Street
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Government offices 6.2 km

SowetoBtc

2194 Zone 9 Meadowlands Forbes Road, Meadowlands West, 1852
View details → Meadowlands West
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Agriculture 6.3 km

Kelokitso Community Farm

2031 Tswelopelo Street, Zone 9 Meadowlands West, 1852
View details → Zone 9 Meadowlands West
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Clothing & fashion 6.4 km

PEP

Mohajana Street, Soweto, 1723, Gauteng
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Gifts & hobbies 6.5 km

Tops at Spar

Roodepoort, Gauteng
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Professional services 6.9 km

M-STAR Technologies

8 Boschendal Road, Randburg, 1709
View details → Randburg
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Butcheries 7.0 km

Meat World

Shop 1 Weltevreden Road, 2195
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Route

Route overview

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Route map

Live map

Start, destination and route line.

530.2 km 5 hrs 50 min
Start Messina
Finish Roodepoort
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Directions from Messina to Roodepoort via N1
    National highway N1
  2. Directions from Messina to Roodepoort via M8
    Metro arterial route M8
  3. Head on Maseri Avenue
    0.3 km
  4. Turn left onto Harper Road
    0.1 km
  5. Turn right
    0.7 km
  6. At the end of the road, turn right onto Old National Road
    2.2 km
  7. Turn slight left towards Louis Trichardt
    0.1 km
  8. Take the ramp straight towards N1: Louis Trichardt
    0.8 km
  9. Merge slight right
    74.0 km
  10. Continue straight
    2.0 km
  11. Go straight
    10.8 km
  12. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  13. Continue
    5.0 km
  14. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  15. Continue
    383.2 km
  16. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Johannesburg
    1.6 km
  17. Merge slight right onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.9 km
  18. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Germiston
    0.3 km
  19. Keep slight right at the fork towards N1: Roodepoort
    1.5 km
  20. Merge slight right onto Western Bypass
    22.9 km
  21. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M8
    0.4 km
  22. Keep slight right at the fork towards M8
    0.1 km
  23. Turn right onto 14th Avenue
    0.4 km
  24. Continue straight onto William Nicol Street North
    2.0 km
  25. Turn left onto Daniel Malan Avenue
    0.1 km
  26. Turn right onto Louis Botha Drive
    0.7 km
  27. Continue straight onto Honeyball Avenue
    2.0 km
  28. Turn right
    0.0 km
  29. Turn slight left
    0.0 km
  30. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 40
Known total R1,132.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 40 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N1. 7 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
e-Toll Blouvalk
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.819, 28.254
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Ihobe
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.092, 27.968
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Gantry TG001
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
e-Toll Ivusi
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
e-Toll Owl
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
e-Toll Pikoko
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.848, 28.229
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Wallmansthal
Road: Road not linked yet
R7.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Capricorn
Road: Road not linked yet
R63.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Baobab Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Sebetiela
Road: Road not linked yet
R24.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.041, 28.077
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Sebetiela
Road: Road not linked yet
R24.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.939, 28.140
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.131, 27.938
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Routes ↩ Roodepoort → Messina Messina to Johannesburg Messina to Pretoria Messina to Cape Town Messina to Durban Johannesburg to Roodepoort Pretoria to Roodepoort Cape Town to Roodepoort
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
265.7 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
2 hrs 55 min • 2 hrs 55 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
38.2 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
88.2 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
28.6 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R2.02
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
89.8%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Roodepoort
06:52 – 17:23
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
12:08
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 30 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
11 hrs 18 min
SunriseDawn break
06:52
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R2,216.36
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R10.60
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R106.05
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R2,333.01
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (23)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
2
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
2
Highway exits Deceleration zones
5
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Messina Start: Maseri Avenue -22.34535, 30.02685
Midpoint
265.7 km
Total: 530.2 km
Midpoint 265.7 km
530.2 km 5 hrs 50 min
Destination Roodepoort -26.15639, 27.88583

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 530.2 km
Return-cycle span 1,060.5 km
Traversal time 5 hrs 50 min
Maneuver count 28
Maneuver density 5.3 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 265.7 km

Coordinate frame

Start -22.34535, 30.02685
Midpoint -24.24504, 29.01876
End -26.15639, 27.88583
Destination brief

Travelling to Roodepoort

A polished arrival snapshot covering what stands out, who the place suits best and what to keep in mind before you get there.

Signature West Rand urban district
Standout Residential-western Gauteng base with local attractions
Roodepoort is most useful as a western Gauteng district destination, where lakes, heritage, suburban stays and west-side city access matter more than conventional sightseeing expectations.
Best for Who this destination suits
West Rand stay Suburban access Practical city routing Short business trip
Arrival What to expect on arrival
The final suburb matters because Roodepoort covers a broad urban area and a stay near Florida Lake is not the same as one closer to the highway or industrial side.
Regional base Good base for nearby trips
Use Roodepoort as a western Gauteng base for suburban stays, local attractions and route positioning on the West Rand.
Destination facts Quick reference details
Regional travel information highlights attractions such as Florida Lake and local museums
Roodepoort is best understood as a broad urban district rather than a single compact centre
Its route value comes from west-side Gauteng positioning
Route support

Route FAQ

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Questions 9
How far is Messina from Roodepoort? +
Messina is about 530.2 km from Roodepoort by road.
How long does it take from Messina to Roodepoort? +
The drive usually takes about 5 hrs 50 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Messina to Roodepoort in one day? +
Yes, for many drivers this can be done in one day.
Is taxi available from Messina to Roodepoort? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from Messina to Roodepoort? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,067.04 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,071.24 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,065.89 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,117.05 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Messina to Roodepoort? +
Yes. There are 40 tollgates currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Heavy long-distance trip: This is a serious road trip. Start early, plan rest stops, and consider whether an overnight stay makes more sense.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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: Germiston
From Messina To Roodepoort
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From Messina To Roodepoort
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From Messina To Roodepoort
: Roodepoort
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