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We all know things have been pretty dire with regards water availability in South Africa, but hardest hit at the moment is the Western Cape with Level 3B Water Restrictions instituted on 1 February – if you’re in any doubt as to what that entails, click through to the city of Cape Town’s page to read more.

It’s a new year and that means trend-time across most industry – whether it’s fashion, technology or food, publications across the world look at what’s ‘hot’ and predict what’s going to be popular in the coming year.

It seems hard to believe, but another year is nearly behind us, and what a year it’s been – globally the UK voted to leave the EU and America chose a new president; nationally we’ve had our own ups and downs; and locally N1 wholesale meat Western Cape moved to bigger and better premises.

Looking back on the year that was and all the topics we covered, here are a few of our favourite snippets:

We may only be a few weeks into summer, but the hot weather has everyone out enjoying the sunshine and making the most of their braais. With the holidays just around the corner, now’s the time to start stocking up on all your favourite Halaal certified meat and non-Halaal braai food – lamb chops, chicken kebabs and boerewors immediately spring to mind. And if like us, you love a great steak, follow these easy tips to ensure you have the tastiest steak time and time again.

Spring has sprung, and while the rest of the country enjoys fine sunny weather; Cape Town, shrouded in a fine drizzle, doesn’t quite seem to have caught on yet. But regardless of the drizzle, spring is synonymous with growth and new beginnings; and this season more than any other is the perfect time to improve and expand on a winning formula, which is why N1 are proud to announce their recent move to new premises.

It’s that time of the year again, spring has sprung and National Braai Day (otherwise known as Heritage Day) is nearly upon us. A day to celebrate with friends and family, gathered around a fire, doing what we South Africans do best – laughing, braaing and enjoying sumptuous braai-fare, whether it be delectable steaks and chops, chicken, sausage or fish; it’s all available from N1, quality suppliers of the best in Halaal certified meat and Halaal fish.

We all know how fleeting nutrition facts can be, what’s deemed healthy today is often slated tomorrow – eggs and cholesterol are a case in point, for years they were touted as cholesterol-causing and carried a cautionary warning; but recent research has shown that for most people, eating eggs is actually quite healthy, and that cholesterol is governed more by a genetic predisposition than it is by lifestyle choices.

Have you ever wondered why it’s called animal husbandry? As it turns out, the word carries more than one meaning; to ‘husband’ is to use one’s resources economically which makes sense if one considers that the definition of animal husbandry, or animal science as it’s also commonly known today, is the science of breeding and caring for farm animals. A major sector of agriculture, and therefore an integral part of any country’s economy, animal husbandry has been practised for centuries – in essence since animals were first domesticated.