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

Main article: Deaths in 1892

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 8 February – Cape Midland – Rosmead Junction to Stormberg Junction to link with the Cape Eastern, 83 mi.
• 7 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, 212 mi.
• 21 May – Cape Eastern – Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, 39 mi.

• 21 May – Free State – Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein, 28 mi.
• 20 June – Transvaal – Malelane to Nelspruit, 38 mi.
• 12 July – Natal – Danskraal to Natal-Free State border, 35 mi.
• 12 July – Free State – Natal-Free State border to Harrismith, 23 mi.
• 15 September – Transvaal – Vaal River Bridge to Germiston, 40 mi.

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 40 Tonner tank locomotives in service.

References

References

1. "Timezone change of 1892".
2. ''The South African Railways – Historical Survey''. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15.
3. ''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.
4. ''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
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