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Ethiopian spaza shop owners applaud government for extending registration deadline
An association representing Ethiopian businesspeople operating spaza shops across South Africa has expressed gratitude for the government’s recent decision to…
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Fake Home Affairs official and 2 Ethiopian nationals arrested for passport fraud
A bogus home affairs employee was arrested in Secunda for allegedly colluding with two Ethiopian nationals in passport fraud and…
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Police appeal for info after 2 Ethiopians dead, third wounded in Cofimvaba shooting
Eastern Cape police are appealing for information regarding a shooting that left two people dead and a third seriously wounded.…
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Diepsloot rape victim’s tearful mother pleads, ‘keep rapist in jail, protect our community’
A Diepsloot mother broke down in tears at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court while testifying against the bail application of a…
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Diepsloot residents want all foreign-owned tuckshops shut down
Angry Diepsloot residents have blasted a landlady for backing a 34-year-old Ethiopian man, who is accused of raping a seven-year-old…
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90 suspected trafficking victims rescued in Joburg
Ninety undocumented Ethiopian nationals have been rescued in Sunningdale Ridge, Johannesburg. Police say they were found locked up and confined…
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22-year-old Ethiopian tuck-shop owner robbed twice in two days
Lightning never strikes the same place twice. But it did for a 22-year-old Ethiopian business owner, who was robbed twice…
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Manhunts underway as rampant crime wave grips 3 Limpopo districts
Limpopo police have initiated a manhunt for a man, in connection with a house robbery that occurred in Mhinga Zone…
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Ethiopian spaza shop owner shot dead in Limpopo
An Ethiopian national who owned a spaza shop in Ndhambi village in Limpopo was shot dead. Police said the 34-year-old…
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Goals galore as teams share spoils in Ethiopian Premier League
BetKing Ethiopian Premier League fans were in for a treat at the Adama Science and Technology University Stadium on Sunday…
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2 Ethiopian nationals allegedly kidnap another Ethiopian in Limpopo & demand R80K in ransom
Two Ethiopian nationals were arrested in Limpopo for allegedly kidnapping their countryman and demanding a ransom to release him. Limpopo…
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Ethiopian opposition politician asks for political asylum in US
Ethiopian opposition politician Bekele Gerba on Monday told AFP that he has requested the United States give him political asylum,…
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2 foreign nationals jailed for kidnapping
Two men, aged 25 and 32, were arrested for alleged human trafficking in Benoni Ekurhuleni on Thursday, 24 August. This…
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Botswana officials intercept truck attempting to smuggle 40 illegal Ethiopian nationals into South Africa
A cargo truck, transporting 40 illegal Ethiopian nationals to South Africa has been intercepted by Botswana authorities at the Ngwasha…
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Ethiopian tuckshop owner sentenced to life imprisonment for r@ping a 12-year-old customer
A tuck shop owner has been handed a life sentence fby the Lichtenburg Magistrate’s Court or raping a 12-year-old customer…
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Ethiopia says food aid suspension punishes millions
The Ethiopian government on Saturday criticised a move by two major aid organisations to halt the sending of food assistance…
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Oromo rebels accuse Ethiopian forces of attacks following peace talks
Rebels from Ethiopia’s Oromiya region accused the government on Wednesday of launching a military offensive against them after a first…
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Ethiopians arrested after allegedly bribing guard with R100 000 to steal goods for them at Spar
Two Ethiopian suspects have been arrested for allegedly bribing a security guard who works at Spar with R100 000, in…
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President Ramaphosa arrives in Ethiopia ahead of African Union summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. He’s attending the 36th Ordinary Session of the…
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President Ramaphosa honoured that SA has been requested to host peace talks over Tigray conflict
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he is honoured that South Africa has been requested to host the AU-led…
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4 killed in Tigray airstrike as Ethiopia denies targeting civilians
Four people including two children were killed on Friday in an Ethiopian air strike on Tigray’s capital, a hospital official…
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Ethiopian rights body seeks release of 16 detained journalists
Ethiopian state-appointed human rights body has called for the release of 16 journalists and media personnel after new arrests were…
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Ethiopia pushes to block UN funding for abuse inquiry
A United Nations General Assembly budget committee is due to vote Thursday on an Ethiopian push to block funding for…
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Ethiopian Airlines appoints new CEO to replace Tewolde Gebremariam
Ethiopian Airlines, the biggest carrier in Africa, has appointed a new CEO to replace Tewolde Gebremariam who left the company…
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Ethiopian Airlines to resume 737 MAX flights after 2019 crash
Ethiopian Airlines is set to operate the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three years…
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Suspect charged with kidnapping after 32 men rescued from Rabie Ridge house
32 men, said to be Ethiopian nationals, have been rescued from a house in Rabie Ridge near Midrand this week.…
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50 Ethiopians rescued in Johannesburg were kidnapped for money – police
Police have said that the 50 Ethiopian men rescued from a house in Zakariyya Park, near Lenasia, Gauteng, were kidnapped…
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Four important things you need to know before having a child with a foreigner
When Lerato Mabuso found out she was pregnant, she was over the moon to be a mother. But little did…
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UN says planning for 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
The United Nations’s agencies are planning for the possible arrival of 200,000 refugees in Sudan fleeing violence in Ethiopia over…
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Police officer accused of murdering shop owner after he allegedly refused to pay protection money
A Western Cape police officer accused of murdering an Ethiopian shop owner after he allegedly refused to pay protection money…
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Joburg businessman allegedly kidnapped by cops
Hamza Khan, a Gauteng businessman, was kidnapped on Friday by two men allegedly posing as policemen. The kidnappers, dressed in…
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Family of slain Isipingo shopkeeper blast police for not being in contact
The family of a slain Ethiopian shopkeeper said that they were disappointed but not surprised that law enforcement officials had…
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Docket transferred to Ipid after Ethiopian shopkeeper dies following a scuffle with police
It was reported that residents in an informal settlement in Durban claim that the police attacked the shopkeeper first. An…
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Ethiopian PM asks SA to mediate Nile dam dispute
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in a long-running dispute with Egypt over…
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