Johannesburg - The political noose is now beginning to tighten around President Jacob Zuma’s neck. Multiple pressures are mounting to shorten his longevity in office as a confluence of forces mobilises to unseat him.

ANC politics is today entering a dramatic and somewhat combustible era in which a variety of interests will pitch for power and access to resources, while others will seek a broader coalition around the national interest and a possible reboot of not only ANC politics, but broader economic policy too.