90-year-old South African edits and hand delivers newspapers in the desert

Hugo delivering copies of the newspapers at a computer shop in Prieska. Photos: Michele Spatari/AFP

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 made the 1,200km (750-mile) round trip across the semi-arid Karoo region in the country's south. He has been doing it for some four decades.