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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 &ndash; The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.

;August

  • 20 &ndash; The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens.

;September

  • 8 &ndash; The South African and International Exhibition opens
  • 15 &ndash; The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.
  • 7 May &ndash; Free State &ndash; Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, .
  • 21 May &ndash; Cape Eastern &ndash; Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, .

;Transvaal

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

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