[1] Beginning in the 1960s, during the Namibian War of Independence, China provided various indigenous Namibian independence movements (at first South West African National Union (SWANU))[2] and later South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) with "moral and material support".[3]: 41 China and Namibia have developed close economic relations, with trade increasing two-fold between the two countries from 2003 to 2006.[5]: 205 Chinese companies have invested in Namibia's three biggest uranium producers: Husab, Langer Heinrich, and Rössing.It was stopped from porting in South Africa because of protests regarding the weapons and the disputed Zimbabwean presidential election which had taken place a month earlier.[9] Among those leading the protesters were Bishop and SWAPO politician Zephania Kameeta and the Legal Assistance Centre.