Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da Mautloa ke da shekaru biyu, iyalinta suka koma Soweto kuma daga baya suka halarci makarantar sakandare ta Morris Isaacson. A shekarar 1969, yayin da yake makarantar sakandare, ya fara karatun zane-zane a Cibiyar Zane-zane ta Jubilee kuma a shekara mai zuwa a Cibiyar Zane-zane ta Mofolo Park inda ya ci gaba da karatunsa har tsawon shekaru biyar masu zuwa. An ba shi kyauta wanda ya karɓa, bayan da ya shiga cikin Soweto Uprisings
, don yin karatu a ELC Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Center a 1978 na tsawon shekaru biyu kuma ya yi karatu a karkashin Dan Rakgoathe. Bayan kammala karatunsa ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane mai zane da kuma farfesa a Cibiyar Kasuwancin Mofolo Park da kuma Cibiyar Kasuwanci ta Tarayyar Black Artists (FUBA). A cikin 1981 Mautloa ya fara aiki a matsayin mai banki kuma ya yi aiki ga SABC, amma ya daina zama mai zane.