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Yes, those are gemsbok, or oryx, Latin name Oryx gazella, and if you want to read more about them go to the mammals forum, and read about the gemsbok here.

Quite a beautiful, graceful antelope, the kings of the desert land.

I know this is a long shot as the pics are far away, at night and not too clear. Not even sure if the 2 animals are the same or not? Could someone maybe help me ID them?

Pic #1: I saw this animal just before 11:30pm on 24 July 2009.



Pic #2: I saw this animal just after 10:15pm on 27 July 2009.

A little unclear, but I would go for Civet ... both.

Looks like a civet (Civettictis civetta)

Civet

Is there any chance that it could be the Cape Clawless Otter?
Just a thought?

No, absolutely not!

Rskippy, I'm afraid not. The Cape Clawless Otter , although found in the Kruger is mainly a day time animal (Diurnal) and also wouldn't travel too far from its feeding ground. The nearest dam and river is 2km away (Timbavati) so it would be too far to travel at night, especially with limited defenses on land. Hope this helps....

Nice one Skippy

I think that I saw a Cape Clawless Otter once in Kruger on one of the walks. Unfortunately it disappeared so quickly that I could not be certain. If that was the case, it was even rarer than my Pangolin.

Thanks for the reply's guys

Much appreciated!

this is probably a very common animal,but could someone please give me a name? and is that stripes i see on the side of it?
it looks part camel.

mastiffridge they are female kudus!

Mastiffridge, you can read and see more about them here.

thankyou to both micetta and matthy's,thanks for the link mathys, they are a beautiful animal,the male is awsome.
close up pictures make a huge difference.

thanks again. :

could be if not it would be a black striped jackel