1892 in South Africa
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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 â The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.[1]
- August
- 20 â The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens.
- September
- 8 â The South African and International Exhibition opens
- 15 â The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.[2][3]
Births
- 3 January â J.R.R. Tolkien, writer, poet, philologist and professor. (d. 1973)
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 8 February â Cape Midland â Rosmead Junction to Stormberg Junction to link with the Cape Eastern, 83 miles (133.6 kilometres).[4]
- 7 May â Free State â Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, 212 miles 79 chains (342.8 kilometres).[3]
- 21 May â Cape Eastern â Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, 39 miles (62.8 kilometres).[4]
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- 21 May â Free State â Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein, 28 miles 2 chains (45.1 kilometres).[3]
- 20 June â Transvaal â Malelane to Nelspruit, 38 miles (61.2 kilometres).[3]
- 12 July â Natal â Danskraal to Natal-Free State border, 35 miles 79 chains (57.9 kilometres).[3]
- 12 July â Free State â Natal-Free State border to Harrismith, 23 miles 12 chains (37.3 kilometres).[3]
- 15 September â Transvaal â Vaal River Bridge to Germiston, 40 miles (64.4 kilometres).[3]
Locomotives
- Cape
- The Cape Government Railways places the first six 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service.[5]:â40â41,â61â[6][7]
- 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.[5]:â113â114â