Government Printing Works (GPW) is a government component reporting to the Department of Home Affairs that specializes in security printing of important national documents such as passports, visas, birth certificates, green ID books, smart card identification ID, examination materials, and general government printing such as stationery and publications such as government gazettes.

GPW has over 130 years of security printing experience and is currently Africa’s leading security printing specialist, with a high-tech production facility that boasts modern and world-class equipment.

Vision:
To be the State’s mandated security printer

Mission:
To provide cost effective, reliable and timeous services to all sphere of government in printing;
To deliver equitable information to the public; and
To disseminate government information through technology, innovation and service excellence.

Values:
Service oriented
Productive
Ethical and having integrity
Caring
Security conscious​

Offices