{"id":18073,"date":"2026-01-12T04:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18073\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:21:06","slug":"south-africas-zulu-bon-jovi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18073\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s Zulu Bon Jovi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bon Jovi is one of the world\u2019s most influential rock bands, giving us iconic anthems such as &#8216;Livin&#8217; on a Prayer&#8217;, &#8216;It&#8217;s My Life&#8217;\u00a0and &#8216;Bed of Roses&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned American rock band is a worldwide phenomenon, and even here in South Africa, people have been enjoying their music for years.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their global audience, the last thing you&#8217;d probably expect to hear is what Bon Jovi would sound like with a Zulu twist \u2013 that is, until Sne Dlala.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/shows\/breakfast\/watch-us-streamers-pronunciation-siya-kolisi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH: US streamer&#8217;s pronunciation of &#8216;Siya Kolisi&#8217; leaves SA in stitches<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recent social media video, South African musician, actor and presenter Sne Dlala gave the world a glimpse of what Bon Jovi might sound like if they were &#8220;Zulufied&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Dlala takes the iconic song &#8216;It&#8217;s My Life&#8217;\u00a0and fuses it with traditional-sounding Zulu backing vocals and rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>The result? A truly South African take on one of the world\u2019s biggest songs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Bon Jovi was Zulufied,&#8221; Dlala wrote on the video, which has garnered over 100,000 views.<\/p>\n<p>Watch here:<\/p>\n<p>Bon Jovi isn&#8217;t the only band or artist to have been Zulufied by the award-winning actor, comic and musician.<\/p>\n<p>Artists such as Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, Adele, Alicia Keys, C\u00e9line Dion and Britney Spears have all been given an African twist by Dlala.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/shows\/breakfast\/watch-municipal-worker-caught-sweeping-litter-drain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH: Municipal worker caught sweeping litter into drain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even Kurt Darren&#8217;s song &#8216;Los Lappie&#8217;\u00a0was reimagined with a more African-inspired sound.<\/p>\n<p>Watch here:<\/p>\n<p>Dlala is no stranger to music and the arts.<\/p>\n<p>His social media platforms are filled with videos of him singing, producing music and sharing hilarious comedy skits.<\/p>\n<p>The South African artist has also appeared in many local theatre productions and comedy shows, as well as films, TV shows and commercials.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Jacaranda FM:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on social media:<\/p>\n<p>Images: TikTok Screenshot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bon Jovi is one of the world\u2019s most influential rock bands, giving us iconic anthems such as &#8216;Livin&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[11344,11349,11339,11333,11341,11340,11346,11351,11336,131,11350,11345,11337,11342,6614,11347,11352,11334,11338,11343,11348,11335],"class_list":{"0":"post-18073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-african-music-fusion","9":"tag-african-reinterpretation","10":"tag-african-rock-fusion","11":"tag-bon-jovi","12":"tag-bon-jovi-cover","13":"tag-its-my-life-cover","14":"tag-local-music-covers","15":"tag-music-fusion-south-africa","16":"tag-sne-dlala","17":"tag-south-africa","18":"tag-south-african-artists","19":"tag-south-african-entertainment-news","20":"tag-south-african-musician","21":"tag-south-african-viral-video","22":"tag-video","23":"tag-viral-south-african-video","24":"tag-zulu","25":"tag-zulu-bon-jovi","26":"tag-zulu-music","27":"tag-zulu-twist-music","28":"tag-zulu-vocals","29":"tag-zulufied-bon-jovi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}