The Economic Freedom Fighters says it has come to its attention that the offices of provincial and national government departments plus ANC provincial offices and Luthuli House in Johannesburg and Tshwane have not been paying basic services like water and electricity for years.

“The EFF has learnt that Luthuli House has never paid rates and taxes since moving into the building‚ that they have fallen behind by years on water and electricity bills and some of the government departments have not paid for more than five years‚” the EFF said in a statement.

“These defaults have been kept under cover all along under the leadership of erstwhile mayors Parks Tau and Kgosientso Ramokgopa‚” it added.

Here's how much the president’s jet costs to run daily

The party said it would push for an investigation on the matter and if it was found that indeed the defaults have been protected illegally‚ the two former mayors must be “called to account and charged where applicable”.

The EFF noted that all individuals‚ organisations and companies were compelled by law to pay for services rendered to them.

“Government and the ANC are equally compelled to comply‚ failing which they must suffer the same fate they have been subjecting our people to over the past 22 years‚” it asserted.

It called on the municipalities of Tshwane and Johannesburg to apprise the nation on the status of these accounts and take the necessary steps.

“If it is indeed found that Luthuli House has not been paying for services‚ those services must be terminated with immediate effect. The same fate must befall government defaulters too.”