Wine Farm Linked to South African Liberation Hero Up for Sale

A historic South African wine farm linked to a former politician and anti-apartheid activist is set for auction this month, with brokers seeking bids of at least 180 million rand ($11 million).

Bloemendal Wine Estate in the country’s Cape Winelands, a region known as the Napa Valley of Africa, will go on sale as an operating and profitable business March 25, according to bid package prepared by Rawson Auctions. The 238-hectare (588-acre) holding includes restaurants, a winery, a wine-tasting room, a manor house, stables and conference facilities, the document showed.