He was formerly the Provincial Secretary of the ANC's North West branch from 2011 to 2013; in 2013, after a hostile fallout with Supra Mahumapelo, he was suspended from the party for two years.
[3] In the full-time secretarial role, Mataboge served with his deputy, Gordon Kegakilwe, and with Supra Mahumapelo, who had been elected as ANC Provincial Chairperson at the same conference.
By contrast, Mataboge was aligned to ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, North West Premier Thandi Modise, and their "forces for change".
[7] Several days before the national conference, on 13 December 2012, the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee – then dominated by Mahumapelo's supporters – suspended Mataboge from his party office, pending internal disciplinary proceedings against him.
The ANC National Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Derek Hanekom, believed that Mataboge was "capable of rehabilitation"; by way of a sentence, it suspended his party membership for three years and instructed him to vacate his position as Provincial Secretary.
In October 2014, after Mahumapelo had been elected Premier of the North West, the ANC's provincial leadership said that it had begun to prepare for Mataboge's return, given that he had displayed "good conduct" and "remorse" during his suspension to date.