His mother, Agnes Matlakala Bereng, was a domestic worker who worked in Klerksdorp and later in Helderkruin, Roodepoort.
After matric, Mahumapelo went to the former Transvaal Northern Technikon and obtained a National Diploma in Commercial Practice (NDCom).
[3] In early 2018, the North West was wracked by violent service delivery protests calling for Mahumapelo to step down as Premier,[4] as well as by province-wide strikes by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union.
During the same period, the Economic Freedom Fighters proposed a motion of no confidence in Mahumapelo in the North West Provincial Legislature.
[5][6] In late April 2018, the cabinet of President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that it would exercise its constitutional prerogative to place the province's finance and health departments under national administration.