Stefaans is an old hand at investigations. He cut his reporting teeth at The Argus in Cape Town during the tumultuous early 1990s; then joined the uppity national weekly Mail & Guardian as South African democracy dawned in April 1994.
The Mail was his launch pad for award-winning investigations focusing on the nexus between politics and money before he co-founded amaBhungane in 2010.
Stefaans divides his time between the demands of media bureaucracy (which he detests), coaching members of the amaBhungane team, and his first love, digging for dung.
He has co-authored exposés including the turn-of-the-century arms deal scandal, Oilgate, the Selebi affair, Chancellor House and the #GuptaLeaks.