Viewfinder is a Cape Town–based nonprofit investigative newsroom focused on accountability journalism in post‑apartheid South Africa. Founded in 2019 by editor Daneel Knoetze, it conducts long‑term investigations into abuses of power with a particular focus on police brutality and failures of oversight. Its flagship projects include Above the Law, which revealed how South African Police Service managers shield officers implicated in murder, torture, rape and corruption; Killing the Files, which exposed systemic case‑closing at the police watchdog; and the Police Accountability Tracker, a public database of more than 47,000 complaints that allows communities to examine patterns at local stations. Viewfinder publishes narrative features, short documentaries and data‑driven explainers, and co‑publishes with partners across the South African media ecosystem, including GroundUp, Daily Maverick, Carte Blanche and News24. In 2025 it collaborated with the New York Times on an analysis showing the continued use of “tubing,” an apartheid‑era suffocation method, across police stations. Beyond reporting, Viewfinder strengthens investigative capacity through editing, mentorship and reporting grants in the Southern Africa Accountability Journalism Project with the Henry Nxumalo Foundation and Oxpeckers. Its work has earned international recognition, including the 2023 Global Shining Light Award (Small and Medium Outlets) for Above the Law and second prize in the 2022 Fetisov Journalism Awards for civil rights reporting.