Maboe was born in Itsoseng, a township near Lichtenburg, and raised in the township of Ikageng, near Potchefstroom. He became a member of the North West Children's Choir in 1998 while attending Potchefstroom Central School. Maboe matriculated from Potchefstroom High School for Boys in 2004, and completed a Bachelor's degree in Chartered Accounting at North-West University in 2017.
