1892 in South Africa

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8 – The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.^[1]

20 – The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens.

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]

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]

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]

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}

^ "Timezone change of 1892".
^ The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
^ 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.
^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48. ISBN 0869772112.