Lux Verbi - Cape Town

The Latin phrase "lux verbi" – "light of the word" – captures the essence and identity of our company. Lux Verbi.BM’s aim is to spread the Good News throughout Africa by means of our Bibles, books and various electronic media. Lux Verbi.BM is the offspring of the oldest publishing company in South Africa, the Dutch Reformed Church Publishing Company, established in 1818. The Bible Society of Southern Africa, which originated from the same parent company, continues to distribute millions of Bibles annually. Lux Verbi's and Bible Media's business units were merged in 1999, forming a strong and exiting new company called Lux Verbi.BM. Bible Media still exists as an independent company, and manages the ministries. We are now better able to effectively meet the needs and challenges of  

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the new millennium … media for Christ in Africa and beyond. In 1999, Lux Verbi.BM was assimilated into Naspers, the largest media group in Africa. Naspers, with its global vision and understanding of technology, provides the platform for us to excel and grow. In 2002, Lux Verbi.BM made a strategic decision to move the retail aspect of our business to one of the Naspers retail divisions, Van Schaik. Naspers had decided to merge all its different business units; consequently, all retail outlets – including Lux Verbi stores – would be managed by Van Schaik from then on. This decision enabled Lux Verbi.BM to focus on wholesale business and content development. More recently, Lux Verbi.BM has obtained rights from international publishers such as LifeWay International and Zondervan, as well as the distribution rights to the NIV Bible for South Africa and the rest of Africa, to mentioned only a few.