The Town was established in 1910. Directly translated from Afrikaans; it would mean Steyn's Rest! The beautiful sand stone Church was well placed at the end of Van Riebeek street, in the centre of this Historic Town. (This was needed for the Boer Folk to come worship.) The corner stone to this NG Church, was laid in 1911 and a new one built in 1928.

Twenty-five years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 30 000 people call Zandspruit home! "People from all over South Africa and even neighbouring countries, live in Zandspruit, some mostly employed in Johannesburg. However, as was evident at 10am on a Thursday morning, with many residents roaming the streets, unemployment is one of the biggest issues facing by the community, along with a lack of electricity.

Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of Johannesburg, South Africa. Diepsloot, loosely translated as "deep ditch" from the Afrikaans, is one of Johannesburg's most densely populated townships. Established in 1994, by what was at the time known as: 'the Rand Provincial Administration'; for people who had initially been evicted from informal settlements in Honeydew, Sevenfontein, Zandspruit and Alexandra. It is made up of fully government-subsidised housing, brick houses built by landowners, partially government subsidised houses as well as shacks.