He was educated at Queen's College Boys' High School where he matriculated in 1994 and received honors for Rugby.
Debuting in Currie Cup for the Border Bulldogs, Malotana played his first Super Rugby season in 1999 for the Cats, currently Lions.
He played his only match for the Springboks against Spain in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, becoming the first black player to play in South Africa in this edition of the World Cup.
Later, in 2007, he was appointed as Development Officer for the Lions, thanks also to his fluency in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana.
[3] In January 2020, he was appointed as head coach of the TUT Vikings rugby team.