Is this Harare clinic paying US$80 for sperm as claimed in viral messages? No, it's a hoax - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
March 18, 2022
CLAIM: A Harare fertility clinic is offering US$80 for each sperm donation
SOURCE: Social media posts
VERDICT: FALSE. The messages are an internet hoax, according to the clinic
An image that has gone viral online claims that people interested in sperm donation should visit IVF Zimbabwe located in Harare.
This is a hoax.
After members of the public asked ZimFact to check, we reached out to officials at the fertility clinic, which is run by doctors Tinovimba Mhlanga and Sydney Farayi. They dismissed the message as fake and said the clinic has not called for semen donations and neither does it pay for sperm.
Additionally, the address that is included in the post is no longer the address which the clinic operates from. IVF, which offers in vitro fertilisation services, is based in Belvedere, and not on Herbert Chitepo Avenue, as indicated in the viral post, indicating the image is not new.
“This is not the first time that this is being posted. There was once a similar post and it too did not emanate from us,” said a spokesperson for the facility.
CONCLUSION
A message claiming that a Harare fertility clinic is offering US$80 for each donation is a hoax. The clinic tells ZimFact it has not issued a call for semen donors.