Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te rua o ona tau ka neke te whanau o Mautloa ki Soweto, a, i muri mai ka haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Morris Isaacson. I te tau 1969, i a ia i te Kura Tuarua, ka tiimata tana ako i nga toi whakairoiro i te Jubilee Art Center me te tau e whai ake nei i Mofolo Park Arts Centre i reira ia i haere tonu ai i ana akoranga mo nga tau e rima e whai ake nei. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia he karahipi i whakaaetia e ia, i muri i tana whakauru ki te kaupapa o te
Soweto Uprisings, ki te ako i te ELC Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre i te 1978 mo nga tau e rua ka ako i raro i a Dan Rakgoathe. Whai muri i tana maatauranga i mahi ia hei kaihoahoa whakairoiro me te kaiwhakaako i te Mofolo Park Arts Centre me te Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre (FUBA). I te tau 1981 i tiimata a Mautloa hei peeke me te mahi mo te SABC, engari ka mutu ka noho hei kaitoi.