The roads of Sakhile township in Standerton remained blockaded on Wednesday as residents trickled out to work in defiance of mob demands.

Residents say the barricades are manned by young men demanding "tolls".

Sibusiso Dlamini, who works at a nearby factory, said they demanded R20 from him to pass. He avoided them by using another road.

"Now I think it is not a strike anymore. It's just making money," he said.

A teenager told Sapa on Tuesday that he needed money from the informal toll booths to buy petrol "so that we can burn things".

Two residents who work as petrol attendants in the Standerton CBD said they were going to work but would return to the township by noon.

"We are just going to work to see what is happening. We will get back before the meeting at the stadium at 12 noon," said one of the two women.

The residents will meet at the Sakhile stadium to get feedback on their demands, which include a call for the resignation of the municipal councillors.

They accuse the councillors and the municipality of mismanagement of funds, saying that reconstruction and development programme (RDP) houses were left unfinished because of their greediness.

Motorists using the R23 between Standerton and Balfour had to use alternative routes after police closed that road on Tuesday.

"If you go through there they are going to smash your windows, it's chaos there," a policeman at the scene told Sapa on Tuesday.