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. References South Africa Years in South Africa History of South Africa 1890s in South Africa Years of the 19th century in South Africa