The tournament began in the 2012–13 season, running alongside the CSA Women's Provincial League.

[7] The 2019–20 season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was won by Western Province based on results that had occurred before the tournament was cut short.

[9] The tournament returned for the 2021–22 season, beginning in January 2022, with Western Province winning their seventh T20 title.

[12] In August 2023, as part of the legacy of South Africa hosting the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Cricket South Africa announced the introduction of a new "professional domestic system" for women's cricket.

Whilst maintaining much of the structure of the tournament, the teams in the Top 6 Division would now have eleven professional players (up from six), alongside full-time coaching staff.