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

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

• 20 - The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens.

• 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.

  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 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

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

• The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek places the first of twenty NZASM 40 Tonner 0-6-2T| tank locomotives in service.