The following lists events that happened during 1892 in South Africa.

Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Henry Brougham Loch. Governor of the Colony of Natal: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell. State President of the Orange Free State: Francis William Reitz. State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger. Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Cecil John Rhodes.

Events

February 8 – The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.

August 20 – The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens.

September 8 – The South African and International Exhibition opens 15 – The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15.

Births 3 January – J.R.R. Tolkien, writer, poet, philologist and professor. (d. 1973)

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened 8 February – Cape Midland – Rosmead Junction to Stormberg Junction to link with the Cape Eastern, .Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII – Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909. 7 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, .Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 183, ref. no. 200954-13 21 May – Cape Eastern – Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, .

21 May – Free State – Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein, . 20 June – Transvaal – Malelane to Nelspruit, . 12 July – Natal – Danskraal to Natal-Free State border, . 12 July – Free State – Natal-Free State border to Harrismith, . 15 September – Transvaal – Vaal River Bridge to Germiston, .

Locomotives Cape The Cape Government Railways places the first six 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service.

Transvaal The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) places the first of twenty tank locomotives in service.

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