Durban residents angered by 'illegal' checkpoints
Some Durban residents are angry and frustrated over makeshift barricades put up by some communities in the city.
Some locals have limited access to certain areas to residents only.
This is in the wake of riots and looting that have been taking place in KwaZulu-Natal.
The violence meant many people have had to travel to other areas to buy food and fuel.
"We have been shopping in Ballito for the last 25 years and when we got to Ballito yesterday [Thursday] afternoon, there were checkpoints that had notices that said 'No fuel, no medicine and no shops are open'.
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"But when we got there the Engen garage was open, the Shell garage was open and there were cars that were fueling. People should be allowed in. We haven't had milk from Sunday," a woman said.
This man says there were barricades almost everywhere he went.
"In Durban North to be specific, it is quite ridiculous that I get asked where I am going? I travel here every day but now it has turned into something that I cannot understand."
The locals who've set up barricades say they are doing it to protect properties in their areas.
Head of the eThekwini Metro Police Department, Steve Middleton, has urged those restricting access into residential areas to open the roads immediately because it's illegal.
He says residents do not have the right to determine where people can shop or travel to.
