Government Printing and Publishing Services

Areas of Responsibility

Mandate

  • Government Printing and Publishing Services (GPPS) is mandated to provide printing and publishing services to the entire government.

Areas of Responsibility

  • Printing and Binding Services
  • Publishing Services
  • Dissemination of Information

Key functions of department

  • Provides printing services to all government Ministries, Departments and Parastatals. This includes production of official publications such as policies, commission reports, statutory instruments and Government stationery such as leave forms, file covers, patient cards, etc.
  • Supports dissemination of Government information through Government Bookshops which are located in Gaborone, Serowe, Francistown and Maun
  • Facilitates the Attorney General and National Assembly in the process of Legislative Drafting and Publishing.
  • It is also responsible for printing of the Government News Paper – DailyNews.
Departments/Sections of the Ministry
  • Costing and Estimating
  • Order Section
  • Graphic design
  • Composing
  • Machine Printing
  • Print Finishing and Bookbinding
  • Engineering
  • Human Resource and Administration
  • Bookshops (Gaborone, Francistown, Serowe, Maun)
Departments/Sections and Key Functions

Costing and estimating:

  • Production of cost estimates for jobs
  • Quotations
  • Invoicing
  • Processing of payments for printed jobs 

 

Order section:

  • Production planning, scheduling and control
  • Pre – production technical advice
  • Job chasing
  • Implementation of the Safety, Health and Environment Strategy

 

Composing:

  • Typesetting and layout
  • Plate production

 

Graphic design:

  • Designing

 

Machine printing:

  • Offset printing
  • Digital printing
  • Web offset printing

 

Print finishing and book – binding: 

  • Book binding
  • Padding
  • Embossing and Foiling
  • Scoring
  • Numbering
  • Punching and drilling
  • Packaging 

 

Engineering

  • Maintenance of facilities (building and machinery)

 

Human resource & administration

  • Human resource management
  • Accounts
  • Procurement and contract management
Ministry Contact Details

Government Printing and Publishing Services

Private Bag 0081

Gaborone, Botswana

Plot 10241/10238

Cnr Mokolwane & lejara road

Broadhurst Industrial

 

Phone: (+267) 391 4441 / 368 5200  

Fax: (+267) 3912001/3957873

 

Opening hours: 07:30 to 12:45 and 13:45 to 1630 Monday to Friday except Public Holidays.