Prof Sir Bob Hepple (University of Cambridge, Squire Law Library, Eminent Scholars Archive)Bob Hepple was a lecturer in law at the University of the Witwatersrand (1959-62), and practiced as an Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar (1962-63). He was active as a student leader against racial segregation in the universities, worked as an adviser and assistant in the South African Congress of Trade Unions, and participated in the underground struggle against apartheid. He acted as legal adviser to Nelson Mandela in his trial for incitement in 1962, and was himself arrested at Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, with leaders of the African National Congress and Communist Party on 11 July 1963. After 90-day detention without trial, he managed to escape to England from the subsequent Rivonia Trial in November 1963.