The streets of Sakhile township near Standerton were littered with garbage and broken glass on Tuesday night after another day of service delivery protests.

Concrete barriers have been moved onto the road and informal toll booths are manned by gangs of teenagers demanding money from cars that approach them.

"We need the money to buy petrol so that we can burn things," said one of the teenagers.

The protests in Standerton have entered a fourth day with residents frustrated by what they say is poor service delivery and a lack of responsiveness from councillors.

A resident said he was stopped from going to work by angry protesters. He had to pretend to be one of them until they dispersed.

On Tuesday, protesters were standing in the main street of the township as early as 4.30am stopping people on their way to work.

Around 8am they converged to the Sakhile stadium to get a response to their grievances from the municipality, said the resident.

But no one from the Lekwa Municipality came to speak to them.