It became part of the Haile Selassie I Foundation in 1959, and construction on a new building began on 4 October 1962.

[2] A plot to kill the Emperor near Sabata with a land mine in the road was discovered on 16 November 1969.

Eight people were arrested, and the leader, 76-year-old Tekle Wolde Hawariat, killed himself next day after a gun battle with police at his home in Addis Ababa.

He was mentioned without dishonor in the Ethiopian media because of his valuable service to the country in previous years.

[1] The 2007 national census reported a total population for Sabata of 49,331, of whom 24,356 were men and 24,975 were women.