Diepsloot, Gauteng, South Africa uses Africa/Johannesburg, currently SAST (UTC+02:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Diepsloot is a city in South Africa, home to around 350,000 people. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the far north of Johannesburg rather than a separate city, established relatively recently and largely informally built. It is residential, and visitors to Johannesburg stay in the northern suburbs or the city centre.
There are no visitor attractions within the township. Johannesburg's major sites, including the Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill, lie south, and the Cradle of Humankind fossil caves are to the west.
Minibus taxis are the main transport and connect toward the northern suburbs and the city. A car is needed for the wider region, and local advice on routes and timing is important.
The highveld has warm, thunderstorm-prone summers and dry, sunny winters with cold nights. The dry winter months are the most settled for travel around the region.
South Africa uses the ZAR, calling code +27.
South Africa uses the rand, and English is widely spoken alongside Zulu, Sesotho and several other languages. Card payment is widely accepted, and local guidance on personal safety is worth following.
