WATCH: Former Banyana star Portia Modise hijacked at gunpoint

Retired football star and author Portia Modise was hijacked by five young men outside her gate in White City, Soweto.

Portia Modise, who is a former Banyana Banyana footballer, has lost her car in a hijacking.

The heartbroken retired soccer player, who is also an author and coach, took to her social media accounts to plead with her fans to help her get her car back.

PORTIA MODISE ASKS FOR HELP TO GET HER CAR BACK AFTER BEING HIJACKED

According to Modise, her blue VW Golf was stolen at her home in White City, Soweto. The teary-eyed ex-footballer said the incident too place as she was about to drive into her home.

“I’m not okay, guys. I need your help to get my car back,” she said.

Modise revealed that five young men approached her and pointed a gun at her.

“Please, guys, I didn’t sleep at all. My car was taken by young Zulu guys who pointed firearms at me,” added the Soweto-born star.

Despite the unfortunate incident, the 14-year-old said she is grateful to still be alive.

I’m not ok.. I was hijacked.. pic.twitter.com/ykf02hH7M7

— PortiaBashinModise (@modiseportia12) July 7, 2024

THE RETIRED FOOTBALLER’S ACCOLADES

Modise earned 120 caps for the South African National Women’s team, with 102 goals – the highest tally by any African player in both male and female categories. In 2006, she won Player of the Championship at the Women’s African Football Championship

In a recent interview on the Jabu Mahlangu & Diski Shandis podcast, Modise said she could have played in the Premier Soccer League had she been given a chance, dispute being a woman.

“I think for the fact that I played with the likes of Gift Leremi, I played with ‘Yeye’ [Reneilwe] Letsholonyane, you know, most guys that are successful, I played with them and that’s when I knew that I need to be successful,” Modise said.

“But I knew that if they ever said they don’t consider the gender [in the PSL], there are too many players I see trapping the ball with their shin.

“I was like, If I was given a chance, let me tell you, I was going to be a game-changer, because I still play with the likes of Jabu Mahlangu, and I enjoy whenever I enter the field and I hear opposition players saying, ‘Hey, Portia thinks this is Banyana’.

“Give me the ball and you’ll understand it’s got nothing to do with Banyana Banyana, it’s got nothing to do with being a woman, it’s about the talent. They struggle to take the ball [from me].

“So, I can imagine at that point when I was still in my peak, still dreaming and still trying to achieve something, and they let me play against the gents? I would have played with Jabu, with ‘Tsiki-Tsiki’ (Thabo Mooki), somewhere there. I had that flair.”