Ons kry goedkeuring, met dien verstande dat ons higiënevereistes nakom.

Met dien verstande dat means something like on the understanding that, provided that, or with the proviso that.

It is a fairly formal expression, often used in:

• official writing
• contracts
• policy documents
• formal announcements

In everyday speech, people might choose simpler alternatives depending on context, but this phrase is completely natural in formal Afrikaans.

The word dat introduces a subordinate clause, much like that in English.

So the sentence has two parts:

• Ons kry goedkeuring = We get approval
• dat ons higiënevereistes nakom = that we comply with the hygiene requirements

After expressions like met dien verstande, Afrikaans normally uses dat to introduce what condition must be met.

Because the part after dat is a subordinate clause.

In Afrikaans, subordinate clauses usually send the finite verb to the end. So:

• main clause: Ons kry goedkeuring
• subordinate clause: dat ons higiënevereistes nakom

This is a very important word-order pattern in Afrikaans.

Compare:

• Ons kom môre. = We are coming tomorrow.
• Ek weet dat ons môre kom. = I know that we are coming tomorrow.

So nakom is at the end because it belongs to the dat-clause.

Nakom means to comply with, to observe, to fulfill, or to carry out, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means:

• to comply with the hygiene requirements

You may also see nakom with other kinds of obligations:

• ’n belofte nakom = keep a promise
• reëls nakom = obey/follow rules
• vereistes nakom = meet/comply with requirements

So it is a very useful verb for formal or rule-based situations.

Yes. Nakom is a separable verb.

That means in some sentence patterns, the parts split:

• Ons kom die reëls na. = We comply with the rules.

But in subordinate clauses or infinitive-like structures, it stays together:

• ... dat ons die reëls nakom
• Ons moet die reëls nakom

So in your sentence, nakom stays as one word because it is at the end of a subordinate clause.

It is a compound noun:

• higiëne = hygiene
• vereistes = requirements

So higiënevereistes literally means hygiene requirements.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, often forms long compound nouns by joining words together into one word. English usually writes these as separate words, but Afrikaans often combines them.

Because each clause needs its own subject.

The sentence has:

1. Ons kry goedkeuring = We get approval
2. dat ons higiënevereistes nakom = that we comply with the hygiene requirements

Even though it is the same we, Afrikaans normally repeats the subject in the subordinate clause.

English does the same:

• We get approval, provided that we comply...

So the second ons is completely normal.

The comma separates the main clause from the inserted formal condition phrase:

• Ons kry goedkeuring,
• met dien verstande dat ons higiënevereistes nakom.

This helps show that the second part is a condition attached to the statement.

In formal writing, punctuation like this is very common with longer linking phrases such as met dien verstande dat.

Yes. Literally:

• kry = get / receive
• goedkeuring = approval

So Ons kry goedkeuring means We get approval or We receive approval.

Depending on context, English might translate it more naturally as:

• We are granted approval
• We receive approval
• We get approval

Grammatically it is in the present tense, but like English, Afrikaans present forms can sometimes refer to a future situation depending on context.

So this could mean:

• We get approval, provided that we comply... or
• We will get approval, provided that we comply...

The exact time reference depends on the situation, not just the verb form.

Yes, depending on tone and context.

Some simpler or less formal alternatives might include expressions equivalent to:

• if
• provided that
• as long as

But met dien verstande dat sounds especially formal and legal/administrative. It is a good phrase to recognize, even if learners do not use it often in casual speech.

It has a formal, official, and conditional tone.

It sounds like something you might read in:

• a policy document
• a licensing notice
• an inspection report
• a legal or administrative text

The formality mainly comes from:

• goedkeuring
• met dien verstande dat
• higiënevereistes
• nakom

So this is useful Afrikaans for formal reading and professional contexts, not just casual conversation.