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Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter
PREMIER Rocks (Private) Limited has won a High Court application to remove two companies from the Mabvuku Interchange Project Site after the court ruled that a dispute between sub-contractors could not be used to block progress on the road project.
Justice Rogers Manyangadze ordered Chengdu Engineering Zimbabwe Company (Private) Limited and Kagwa Investments (Private) Limited trading as Skylake Drilling and Civils (Private) Limited to vacate the project site and remove their equipment, personnel and tools. The court further authorised the Sheriff of the High Court and the Zimbabwe Republic Police to evict the companies if they fail to comply with the order.
“In the circumstances, it is the court’s considered view that the applicant has satisfactorily established a case for the relief of the eviction of the first and second respondents from the project site,” ruled Justice Manyangadze.
The Mabvuku Interchange is a major infrastructure project aimed at easing chronic traffic congestion at the Mabvuku turn-off on the Harare-Mutare Highway.
Designed to separate local and highway traffic, the interchange improves traffic flow, enhances road safety, and reduces travel times for commuters and freight transport.
As a key link on the route connecting Harare to Mozambique’s port of Beira, the project also supports regional trade and economic growth.
The development forms part of Zimbabwe’s broader efforts to modernise its transport network and advance national development objectives under Vision 2030.
Premier Rocks, represented by Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, instructed by Mafongoya and Matapura Legal Practitioners, is the main contractor for the construction of the Mabvuku Traffic Interchange at the junction of the Harare-Mutare Highway and the turn-off to Mabvuku. The company was awarded the contract by the Government through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development.
The company sub-contracted Chengdu Engineering Zimbabwe to carry out structural engineering works.
Chengdu Engineering Zimbabwe, in turn sub-contracted Skylake Drilling and Civils for drilling services.
The dispute arose after Chengdu Engineering Zimbabwe alleged that Skylake had breached their contract. The contract was terminated or notice of termination was given, leading to arbitration proceedings between the two companies.
Premier Rocks was not a party to that dispute. Court papers showed that on March 12, 2026, Premier Rocks wrote to both companies, instructing them to resolve their dispute away from the project site.
Skylake remained on site, prompting the urgent court application. Premier Rocks argued that continued occupation of the site was preventing it from carrying out its obligations under the Government contract.
It told the court that delays threatened its financial position and could expose it to claims by creditors.
The company also argued that the project was important to traffic movement along one of the country’s busiest transport routes.
Skylake opposed the application and raised two preliminary objections. It argued that the matter was not urgent and that the certificate of urgency was defective because it was signed a day before the application was dated.
