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.
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, . 7 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, . 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.