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The second anniversary of the shooting at Lonmin's Marikana mine, near Rustenburg in North West was commemorated on Saturday at the koppie where miners were shot.
Leaders from opposition parties, attending the rally, criticised government for not helping to change the lives of the mining community in Marikana.
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema promised that his party would build houses for the widows of the slain miners.
The leader of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, Joseph Mathunjwa told the crowd a trust fund had been established to help the families of the victims.
Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said nothing had changed in Marikana, two years after the shooting, while Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota said he was disappointed that government had failed the people.
The ANC and the North West provincial government said they had not been invited to attend the event.
