[1] The tournament also served as an African qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top two African nations qualifying for the world championship.

Besides the host  Zimbabwe,  South Africa and  Zambia participated.

The structure of the tournament features a group stage in which all teams play each other twice, after which ties were broken by the higher number of goals scored in the winning match between the teams in question.

Defending champions South Africa retained their title, although they lose once to Zimbabwe and were tied in points at the end of the group stage.

South Africa ranked ahead of Zimbabwe as they scored more goals in their winning match (20 vs 17).