Kammala wannan jumla: 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.