Die maatskappy rus die verkeersbeampte met 'n kamera toe.

Because the full verb here is toerus, which means to equip.

In many Afrikaans main clauses, this kind of verb splits:

• the conjugated part goes earlier in the sentence: rus
• the second part goes to the end: toe

So:

• Die maatskappy rus die verkeersbeampte met 'n kamera toe.

But in a form where the verb is not split, you get:

• om die verkeersbeampte met 'n kamera toe te rus

So toe here is not the ordinary word meaning closed. It is part of the verb toerus.

Because Afrikaans often splits certain verbs in a normal main clause. This is similar to separable verbs in Dutch and somewhat like particle verbs in English.

The dictionary form is:

• toerus = equip

But in the sentence, it becomes:

• rus ... toe

So rus is the front part of the verb, and toe is the particle that appears at the end.

Met means with.

It introduces the thing used to equip someone:

• die verkeersbeampte = the traffic officer
• met 'n kamera = with a camera

So the pattern is:

• iemand met iets toerus
  = to equip someone with something

No. Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender like German or Dutch.

The word die is the normal definite article for the. It is used for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns

So both of these use die:

• die maatskappy = the company
• die verkeersbeampte = the traffic officer

Afrikaans does not switch articles based on masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.

'n is the indefinite article, meaning a or an.

So:

• 'n kamera = a camera

A few useful points:

• It is always written as 'n
• It is not capitalized, even at the start of a sentence in normal spelling rules; instead the following word is capitalized if needed
• In speech it is usually unstressed

Afrikaans normally keeps the direct object before the prepositional phrase here.

So:

• rus die verkeersbeampte met 'n kamera toe
• literally: equip the traffic officer with a camera

This matches the common pattern:

• Subject + verb + person/object + met-phrase + particle

You could sometimes rearrange parts for emphasis in other contexts, but the version given is the most natural neutral order.

Yes. Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as one word.

Here:

• verkeer = traffic
• beampte = officer / official

Together:

• verkeersbeampte = traffic officer

The -s- in the middle is a linking element that often appears in compounds.

This is very common in Afrikaans, so English speakers often need to get used to writing these as one word.

Maatskappy usually means company in the business sense.

So in this sentence:

• Die maatskappy = The company

Depending on context, maatskappy can sometimes also refer more broadly to a society or group, but company is the most likely meaning here.

A common past-tense form in Afrikaans uses het plus the past participle.

With a separable verb like toerus, the past participle is usually toegerus.

So you get:

• Die maatskappy het die verkeersbeampte met 'n kamera toegerus.
• The company equipped the traffic officer with a camera.

Notice that in this form the verb is no longer split into rus ... toe.

You would use the infinitive pattern with te:

• om die verkeersbeampte met 'n kamera toe te rus

This is a very useful pattern to remember:

• main clause: rus ... toe
• infinitive: toe te rus
• past participle: toegerus

Usually 'n is pronounced as a very weak vowel sound, roughly like uh or a schwa, and the n is often not clearly pronounced on its own.

So:

• 'n kamera sounds roughly like uh kamera

It is normally unstressed. English speakers often overpronounce it, but in natural Afrikaans it is usually very light.

Not in this sentence.

Afrikaans toe can have other meanings in other contexts, such as:

• closed/shut
• sometimes a time-related meaning like when/then in certain structures

But here it is simply the separable particle belonging to toerus.

So you should understand:

• rus ... toe = equip

not:

• rus ... closed
• rus ... then

The meaning comes from the whole verb, not from toe by itself.