The blaze broke out on Monday night in the Danny Jordaan informal settlement in Bloemendal.
It's unknown how the fire started at this stage.
The police's Priscilla Naidu: "It is alleged that at about 10pm last night the neighbours in the Danny Jordaan informal settlement in Bloemendal heard frantic screams for help. When they went outside they saw the shack on fire. The woman, approximately 30-years-old, and her 3-year-old daughter died in the fire."
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