SA Women in Sport Laud Portia Modise

Top women in sport laud Portia Modise as she hangs up her boots
New-Look Banyana for Angola
A new-look Banyana Banyana departs South Africa this afternoon for the first leg of a home-and-away series against Angola, after the coach wielded the axe to free his team of underperforming strikers.
Madiba Blessing for Banyana
The South African National Women’s Soccer Squad, Banyana Banyana leave for Nigeria from the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg at 3:30pm this afternoon, and their flight will be all the more significant for having just met former South African President, Nelson Mandela.
2006 October gSTAR Portia Modise
Portia Modise is only 23-years-old, yet she’s been part of the national women’s soccer team for six years. In fact, the Banyana Banyana captain has seen it all: the good times and the bad, and she is still so passionate about her role as leader of the national team, and her goal of seeing women’s football in South Africa hold its own.