1892 in South Africa

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

← 1891 1890 1889 1892 in South Africa → 1893 1894 1895
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	List of years 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Births

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

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 8 February – Cape Midland – Rosmead Junction to Stormberg Junction to link with the Cape Eastern, 83 miles (133.6 kilometres).[4]
• 7 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, 212 miles 79 chains (342.8 kilometres).[3]
• 21 May – Cape Eastern – Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, 39 miles (62.8 kilometres).[4]

CGR 7th Class

NZASM 40 Tonner

• 21 May – Free State – Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein, 28 miles 2 chains (45.1 kilometres).[3]
• 20 June – Transvaal – Malelane to Nelspruit, 38 miles (61.2 kilometres).[3]
• 12 July – Natal – Danskraal to Natal-Free State border, 35 miles 79 chains (57.9 kilometres).[3]
• 12 July – Free State – Natal-Free State border to Harrismith, 23 miles 12 chains (37.3 kilometres).[3]
• 15 September – Transvaal – 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]^{:40–41, 61}[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]^:113–114

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. 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
4. 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.
5. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
6. Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 4–7, 22–23, 38–39. ISBN 0958400946.
7. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48. ISBN 0869772112.