page_title: Diepsloot
hierarchical_section_title: Diepsloot
caption_attribution_description: English: WASSUP activists say the government should do more to maintain the community's environment in Diepsloot, South Africa, December 2012. (VOA S. Honorine)
context_page_description: Diepsloot, Afrikaans for "deep ditch", is a densely populated township in Gauteng, South Africa. It is located in the newly formed Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Law and order is extremely bad here. It is made up of fully government-subsidised housing, brick houses built by landowners, partially government subsidised houses as well as shacks. A large proportion of residents rent their property from a landowner who has subdivided their land.
context_section_description: Diepsloot, Afrikaans for "deep ditch", is a densely populated township in Gauteng, South Africa. It is located in the newly formed Region A (formerly regions 1 and 2) of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.  Law and order is extremely bad here. It is made up of fully government-subsidised housing (Extensions 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10), brick houses built by landowners (Extensions 2 and 7), partially government subsidised houses (Extension 3/Tanganani) as well as shacks (the biggest sections being Extensions 1, 12, and 13). A large proportion (45.5%) of residents rent their property from a landowner who has subdivided their land.
caption: A part of Diepsloot in 2012.
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