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29/05/2023

ICYMI: Watch Viewfinder's investigation into the drivers of South Africa's reading crisis, co-produced with GroundUp for Carte Blanche.

Teaching children to read is fundamental to their future success. But for a country already battling massive youth unemployment and an adult literacy crisis, it’s emerged that close to 80% of Grade 4 learners cannot read with understanding in any of the 11 official languages. Government has warned...

23/05/2023

ICYMI: Viewfinder is a finalist in the GIJN - Global Investigative Journalism Network (Small & Medium Outlet category).
Editor Daneel Knoetze was recognised for his reporting on Viewfinder's series on police brutality and non-accountability.
Read and watch here: http://viewfinder.org.za/category/above-the-law/

16/05/2023

Congratulations to Viewfinder editor Daneel Knoetze, who has been shortlisted for a GIJN - Global Investigative Journalism Network (Small & Medium Outlet) for his reporting in the series exposing police brutality and non-accountability. You can read - and watch - the full series here: https://viewfinder.org.za/category/above-the-law/

15/05/2023

For the latest in Viewfinder & GroundUp's investigation into the we visited schools in Makhanda to see how teachers are coping on the ground.

http://viewfinder.org.za/makhanda-schools-press-on-despite-failed-national-reading-plan/

11/05/2023

A monitoring & evaluation expert has characterised the implementation of The Department of Basic Education's National Reading Plan as "chaotic".

To find out more about how the department is failing SA's children, read Viewfinder's investigation below.

https://viewfinder.org.za/revealed-how-motshekgas-reading-plan-failed-sas-kids/

A “massive reading campaign” for South African schools announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2019 has never got off the ground, despite triumphant claims in Parliament by the Department of Basic Education (DBE). Viewfinder and GroundUp can reveal that the Department’s National Reading Plan...

10/05/2023

Exclusive: The Department of Basic Education's National Reading Plan suggested food companies should include reading materials in their packaging - just like Chappies bubblegum. To find out more about the plan - and how it is failing SA's kids - see here: https://viewfinder.org.za/revealed-how-motshekgas-reading-plan-failed-sas-kids/

10/05/2023

Launching today: Viewfinder and GroundUp's investigation into South Africa's .

A “massive reading campaign” for South African schools announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2019 has never got off the ground, despite triumphant claims in Parliament by the Department of Basic Education (DBE). Viewfinder and GroundUp can reveal that the Department’s National Reading Plan...

30/04/2023

21/09/2022

Viewfinder, a small nonprofit site, is re-imagining investigative reporting in South Africa by exposing how systemic failures effect marginalized communities.

21/09/2022

If you missed Viewfinder's latest Carte Blanche investigation into Marikana's legacy of impunity within the police, you can now watch it on our site: http://viewfinder.org.za/watch-marikanas-long-shadow/

21/09/2022

Busy working on your application for the Viewfinder
2022 Accountability Journalism Fellowship?

We've extended the deadline to 30 September to give you a little more time to fine-tune your pitch.

Find out more and apply here: http://viewfinder.org.za/viewfinder-2022-accountability-journalism-fellowship/

21/09/2022

GIJN - Global Investigative Journalism Network has recently published a great profile on Viewfinder, which provides a broad overview of our purpose and vision, as well as digging into our investigative method and discussing our future plans.

Click here to read more: https://gijn.org/2022/09/21/how-viewfinder-is-re-imagining-investigative-journalism-in-south-africa-to-expose-systemic-failures/