The police have conducted a number of raids on various houses in the Nomsamo community. They say they are looking for stolen goods. The community says these raids take place too often and the police never find any stolen goods. People feel the police are trying to intimidate the community. They want to get an interdict to stop raids in the future.

What Does the Law Say?

The community must show that the need to stop the police from conducting the raids is urgent enough to get an interdict. The case will be urgent enough for an interdict if the community can prove that there is a good chance the police will raid again very soon.

What can the Community Do?

The community must approach an attorney to help them with the interdict.

(See: Steps in getting an interdict and Problems with interdicts)

There are many things that the community can do to help the attorney, such as:

• collecting statements from people whose houses were raided
• finding out what goods were confiscated by the police
• finding out whether anybody was assaulted in the raid
• getting details of how many times the police have raided in the past 3 months, what they confiscated in those raids, and so on