Vasco da Gama have a plan up their sleeves to upset Chiefs when they face each other at the FNB Stadium on Saturday.

Orlando Pirates head into uncharted territory for their opening Absa Premiership clash against newly promoted Vasco da Gama on Friday.

Cape Town club Vasco da Gama won a coveted spot in the Absa Premiership when they beat Black Leopards 2-1 at Parow Park on Sunday afternoon.

Xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, are against the freedom and democracy that was fought for in South Africa, political organisations on Tuesday. African National Congress spokesperson Tiyani Rikhotso said: "Such acts can only take society backwards."

A hunt for diamonds along the coast of Namibia has led to the discovery of a shipwreck dating back about five centuries, with its booty of gold coins and bronze cannons still intact. A spokesperson for Namdeb, the company whose miners made the discovery last month, said the ship was believed to have been the oldest wreck to be discovered in sub-Saharan Africa.