Die goedkeuring volg nadat die reis- en verblyfeis verwerk is.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, equivalent to English the.

It is used twice because it introduces two separate noun phrases:

• die goedkeuring = the approval
• die reis- en verblyfeis = the travel- and accommodation claim/requirement

A useful thing to remember: Afrikaans die does not change for gender, and it is also used for plural nouns.

Volg literally means follows.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• comes afterward
• happens next
• follows after

So the idea is that the approval happens after the processing step.

Nadat is a subordinating conjunction meaning after when it introduces a full clause.

So:

• nadat die reis- en verblyfeis verwerk is = after the travel- and accommodation claim/requirement has been processed

It is written as one word: nadat, not na dat.

A helpful comparison:

• na
  • noun phrase: na die verwerking = after the processing
• nadat
  • clause: nadat dit verwerk is = after it has been processed

Because nadat introduces a subordinate clause, and subordinate clauses in Afrikaans usually send the finite verb to the end.

Main clause:

• Die goedkeuring volg.

Subordinate clause:

• nadat die reis- en verblyfeis verwerk is

So the sentence has:

• main clause first: Die goedkeuring volg
• subordinate clause second: nadat ... verwerk is

This is very common in Afrikaans and is one of the main word-order patterns learners need to get used to.

That is because the clause after nadat is subordinate.

In a normal main clause, you would say:

• Die reis- en verblyfeis is verwerk.

But in a subordinate clause, the verb cluster moves to the end, and you get:

• nadat die reis- en verblyfeis verwerk is

So:

• is verwerk = normal main-clause order
• verwerk is = subordinate-clause order

This pattern is especially common with passive and perfect-like constructions.

This is a shortened coordinated compound.

The final element -eis is understood with both parts, and the hyphen after reis- shows that something has been left out there because it is shared.

So structurally, it is like saying:

• reis[eis] en verblyfeis

This is similar to English patterns like pre- and postwar, where war is understood after both parts.

So the hyphen is not random punctuation; it signals an omitted shared part of the compound.

In Afrikaans, is is used for all persons and numbers in the present tense of wees (to be):

• ek is
• jy is
• hy/sy is
• ons is
• julle is
• hulle is

So unlike English, Afrikaans does not switch between is and are.

That means is here does not tell you whether the noun phrase is singular or plural.

In this kind of sentence, it usually has the sense has been processed.

Because nadat means after, the action in that clause is normally understood as completed before the main action happens. So the natural English idea is:

• approval follows after it has been processed

Afrikaans often uses forms that do not match English tense wording one-for-one, so it is better to focus on the overall time relationship than on translating each word mechanically.

Yes. You can say:

• Nadat die reis- en verblyfeis verwerk is, volg die goedkeuring.

That is perfectly natural.

Notice what happens in the main clause after the fronted subordinate clause:

• volg die goedkeuring

This is because Afrikaans main clauses normally keep the finite verb in the second position. When the nadat clause comes first, it counts as the first element, so the verb volg comes next.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and administrative.

Words like:

• goedkeuring = approval
• verwerk = processed
• eis = claim/requirement

are very common in official, business, travel, and system-style language.

A more conversational sentence might be phrased differently, but this version is completely normal in forms, policies, or workflow descriptions.