Some pundits and journalists, even a public company CFO, were quick to criticize the audit industry and its regulators for not pushing hard enough for proposals that name the audit engagement partner for public clients.

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In the past five years the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has been criticised by many of its members for not fighting their corner hard enough.

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It apparently has enough hard- currency reserve from its murky export trade to buy on the spot market.

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It was caught in a vicious circle: as the won sagged, it needed to boost exports to generate enough hard-currency cash to service its foreign debts.

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