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S.African journalist, 90, delivers news in the desert

Every Thursday without fail, 90-year-old Frans Hugo travels to distribute newspapers in the South African desert, packing a flask full of coffee, some boiled eggs, and a towel to cover his bare legs from the sweltering heat. This aged editor has been travelling the 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) round trip across the semiarid Karoo area of the country every week. This has been his routine for around 40 years. He was perhaps the last bastion of a dwindling industry when he was born Charl Francois Hugo in Cape Town in 1932, but everyone just calls him Frans.

Hugo drives 1,200 km every week to distribute his newspapers, which he owns and edits

World News - CALVINIA, South Africa - Armed with a flask of coffee, some boiled eggs and a towel to shield his bare legs from the scorching sun, 90-year-old Frans Hugo sets off every Thursday to deliver newspapers in the South African desert. Week in, week out, the elderly editor has... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Four some four decades, week in and week out, Frans Hugo has made 1,200-kilometer round trips with his paper across the semi-arid Karoo region in the country's south