Here ons means us.
Afrikaans ons can mean:
The sentence structure tells you which meaning is intended. In Die bemiddeling gee ons vertroue, ons comes after the verb and refers to the people receiving something, so it means us.
That is a very good question, because ons vertroue can indeed mean our confidence or our trust in other contexts.
But in this sentence, the verb pattern helps:
So gee ons vertroue is most naturally understood as:
In other words, gives us confidence.
So yes, ons can mean our, but here the sentence structure strongly points to us.
Vertroue can mean both trust and confidence, depending on context.
For example:
In this sentence, confidence is probably the most natural English meaning, but trust may also fit depending on the broader context.
Because vertroue is being used as an abstract noun here, much like English in gives us confidence.
Afrikaans often leaves out the article with abstract ideas when speaking generally:
If you were talking about a specific trust or confidence already mentioned, you might use an article:
The sentence follows normal Afrikaans main-clause word order:
So the pattern is:
subject + verb + person receiving + thing given
That is very similar to English:
The mediation gives us confidence.